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>II find email groups are taking up too much of my time and its easier
to keep tabs on blogs and facebook for now.
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That's one thing I was wondering about. Is the enthusiasm for lots of
back-and-forth discussion waning because of the time it takes? Blogs
are very time consuming too, but mostly for the blog owner. No one else
has to respond to keep the blog going. And the formats of Facebook and
Twitter basically encourage announcements rather than discussions.
The other thing I was wondering about is, I saw a decline in egroup
posts starting soon after the 2008 stock market/housing crash. Traffic
has not really bounced back, but then, neither has the economy. In late
2008 I was wondering whether people would costume more (more involuntary
free time, because they'd been laid off) or less (because travel to
events is expensive and I notice many people saying they are now
skipping events they used to travel to). My guess is they are costuming
less than before the crash. I am not sure that purchase of supplies is
as large an expense factor as event travel. I'm seeing people on both
costuming and mainstream sewing groups saying how glad they are for
their fabric stashes to draw on.
Anyway, I really like h-costume because it is multi-era, and one of the
more substantive groups. I'm interested in many periods.
Fran
Lavolta Press
www.lavoltapress.com
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