I disagree quite strongly with respect to "efficiency," and I
would be interested in hearing other viewpoints. This
shouldn't turn into a standoff between you and me; something
very important is at stake here, and members should have
their say. I would be particularly interested in hearing from
those (who are surely out there) who belong to groups such as
those I have been describing. My experience with such forums
has been delightfully positive, and inspired me to put this
proposal in front of rara-avis-l. I think it is quite wrong
to suggest that such groups are necessarily
"facebookish," which has a pejorative, scornful-of-youth
sound. Believe me, there are many such boards that deal with
very mature topics in a very mature way!
Evolution happens.
Mark
On 2/18/08, jacquesdebierue <
jacquesdebierue@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> --- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com
<rara-avis-l%40yahoogroups.com>,
> "Mark R. Harris"
> <brokerharris@...> wrote:
> >
> > Not meaning to be belligerent about this :),
but with other web-based
> > formats that are more advanced than the rather
primitive Yahoo
> Groups, you
> > can have the very broad range of personalized
functionalities I have
> > described, including the ability to receive
emails but **only** the
> emails
> > you want to receive. Let me put it this way: if
formats exist (as they
> > clearly do) that would allow rara-avis-l
members to do all that, what
> > argument is there for us not availing ourselves
of them? I'm just not
> > getting it.
>
> I don't know that the membership wants a lot of
personalized
> functionalities. Personally (!) I hate all the buddy
facebookish stuff
> and would not want to take part in a facebookish
discussion group. I
> don't have a lot of time to spend on the web, which
doesn't
> particularly attract me, generally speaking. The
forum, as it stands,
> allows anyone who has something to say to get on the
soapbox and say
> it. It is efficient.
>
> Best,
>
> mrt
>
>
>
-- Mark R. Harris 2122 W. Russet Court #8 Appleton WI 54914 (920) 470-9855 brokerharris@gmail.com
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