Looks like most of the LUG has moved to Facebook. Oh well, it was a nice group while it lasted…
All good things must come to an end… On Wed, Sep 14, 2016 at 4:18 PM, Don Quigley <dwquig...@cox.net> wrote: > I hope I am typical of most Legacy folks. I belong to both the FB group > and this message board. In my case I do not use > FB as a social medium, but only as a way to be in relevant groups, like FB > and TNG, where I can view and participate in discussions of interest. I > will say that FB does make it easy to include images – say of a screenshot > from Legacy in support of a topic. I have found the Legacy FB group posts > to be much more of the Q&A variety than “social medium” (which suits my > interests just fine). The downside (without trying to appear snarky) is > that quite a few of the posted questions are obviously from “Newbies” and > of little interest to me. Having said that, we all were “Newbies” once and > desirous of all the help we could get. > > > > Donald Quigley > > Escondido, CA > > Quigley Doyle Family Tree <https://donquigley.net/> > > > > > > > > *From:* LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] *On > Behalf Of *Charlene C > *Sent:* Wednesday, September 14, 2016 3:58 PM > *To:* Legacy User Group <legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com> > *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy User Group Mail List vs Facebook User > Group > > > > > > On Wed, Sep 14, 2016 at 4:23 PM, Chick Lewis <cglewi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > The disadvantages outweigh the advantages. FB is predominately a social > network. I and many others prefer not to join FB. The mail forum is > strictly info and assistance. Those of us who do not belong to both are > missing many good posts. > > > > You seem to be of the opinion that if there were only a mailing list the > FB folks would post here instead. Just as you don't want to use FB, they > may not want to use a mailing list. I agree that FB isn't ideal for > discussions lists. On the other hand, I despise forums and wouldn't use one > if it were the only option. > > Charlene > > -- > > LegacyUserGroup mailing list > LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com > To manage your subscription and unsubscribe http://legacyusers.com/ > mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com > Archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ > >
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