Re: RARA-AVIS: Re: Forum Format

From: Ivan Van Laningham ( ivanlan9@gmail.com)
Date: 18 Feb 2008


Hi All-- You "like this group" despite saying, "Yahoo Groups has in my observation deteriorated to a format for the clueless"?

You're not going to persuade a bunch of us "clueless" to follow your lead that way.

Metta, Ivan

On Feb 18, 2008 10:51 AM, Mark R. Harris < brokerharris@gmail.com> wrote:
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> That would require more ambition than I possess at this point. :) And I
> *like* this group -- I see no need to rival it, but it should not get stuck
> in what is rapidly becoming the technological past. That was why I raised
> these points.
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> Mark
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> On 2/18/08, Dave Zeltserman < dz@hardluckstories.com> wrote:
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> > There is nothing preventing you from starting a RARA AVIS type group on
> > vBulletin or similar platform. If it proves superior to YAHOO groups
> > and you do a good enough job with it, I'm sure people here would
> > eventually migrate over to it. --Dave Z.
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> > --- In rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com <rara-avis-l%40yahoogroups.com>, "Mark
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> > R. Harris" <brokerharris@...>
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> > > I seriously propose that rara-avis-l consider migrating from the now
> > > quite antiquated Yahoo Groups format to vBulletin or another similar
> > > system that allows for far wider functionality, including choosing
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> > > threads one wishes to subscribe to, having user profiles and avatars,
> > > offering basic HTML coding for bold, italic, etc., offering
> > emoticons,
> > > etc., etc. Yahoo Groups has in my observation deteriorated to a
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> > > for the clueless, with a very low signal-to-noise ratio in most
> > > groups. Ours is an exception, but I think it's time we got out of
> > here.
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> --
> Mark R. Harris
> 2122 W. Russet Court #8
> Appleton WI 54914
> (920) 470-9855
> brokerharris@gmail.com
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