[Dixielandjazz] FW: To All DJML Members

[Gary Lawrence Murphy]

Ulf has a good point about split audiences, and something else to consider,
when something is posted to a yahoogroup *everyone* gets it, whereas when
something is posted to a FB group, only 20% of the subscribers get it,
unless you pay for the premium service.  Even of those 20%, if they don't
check their 'wall' every time there's an update, things get pushed to the
bottom of the pile and missed.

With all of the yahoogroups that I am on, some are closed such that there
is no public searching of the archives (and the archives are smart about
hiding email addresses against spam harvesters) others are open to Google
searches (still hiding emails) and once I'm subscribed to a list, I need
not ever go to the web-based page again.

For administrators, I also find the yahoogroups to be about the same as
mailman for bother; if a post is made by a non-member it can be set to be
auto-rejected or sent to the moderator for approval (which in modern times
is a bad idea) and any approvals can be made either through the web
interface or through email.


On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 3:49 AM, Ulf Jagfors <ulf.jagfors at telia.com> wrote:

>
>  I for myself attend a dozen of FB sites as well as a few Yahoo groups and
> mail lists. Some of them are pretty informative and some of them have a low
> activity. I see FB as a mean of more open social information but with a lot
> of irritating shortcomings like automatic friends?? request, e-mail
> notifications and more than worse unfriendly page handling. I hope that
> when
> the FB fades away, like Myspace has done, and it will within a few year
> from
> now, something better and smarter will occur on the Net.
>
> Some of the lists I attend are both on mailing list and on FB. That means
> that you have to watch and send your messages to BOTH list to cover all
> attendants. That is a major drawback.
>
> Here are two classic jazz FB lists I attend for your information. Both are
> very active with always a stream of interesting information.
>
> Come on and Stomp https://www.facebook.com/groups/205416762846227/
> New Orleans Music https://www.facebook.com/groups/205416762846227/
>
> Do I like FB. No, by no means, it is a mess. But no doubt there are few
> alternative just now for wide spread open social communication.
>
> Ulf in Stockholm, who just to-day got our first inch of snow this year. We
> should have had at least two three feet this time of the year. Strange
> weather indeed.
>
>
>
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