Unfortunately Marian and can't just copy and paste every post. Besides the time involved, almost every post that Marian and I do have graphics.
The email LUG is here for those who prefer this format and that is perfectly fine but I just wanted to let everyone know there are limitations. Michele Simmons Lewis, CG® Legacy Educator Legacy Family Tree/MyHeritage mich...@legacyfamilytree.com www.legacyfamilytree.com -----Original Message----- From: Sherry H <hot.rod.w...@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 8, 2019 11:29 AM To: Legacy User Group <legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com> Cc: Michele Lewis <mich...@legacyfamilytree.com> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Facebook I tried to follow the LUG FB page and it's totally insane. I can't keep up with it. People hijack threads on FB just as often as they do in mailing lists It can't take that long to copy a post you just made to FB and paste it into an email. No need to retype the entire post. The people on the mailing list won't get the follow-ups by the group that are on the FB page but there's no reason they can't get announcements or other pertinent information about Legacy. *Many email programs can thread a conversation for you. *It's very easy to search emails - I think much easier than searching in a FB group, esp if the emails have a good subject line. *Sticky announcements are annoying - once I've read it, it's still there in my face and I can't get rid of it. I can delete an email. *If a mailing list is moderated, either members or posts, then you can cut down on spam. In fact, I can't remember the last time I've seen spam on any of the mailing lists I'm on. On FB, you have to wade through all the ads that FB puts in a group. A moderated list can also put a stop to a thread by rejecting posts *Polls can be sent on mailing lists as well. I just responded to one on a book list. *I can choose to save emails that are of particular interest to me or delete ones I have no interest in. They're all lumped together on FB. *All the graphics on a FB page are annoying. *Mailing lists *can* allow pictures. Up to the list owner. I've been using FB for a few Christian groups and still not a fan - I so wish they were mailing lists instead! Sherry On Tue, Jan 8, 2019 at 5:58 AM Michele Lewis via LegacyUserGroup <legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com> wrote: > > We have some complaints about the Facebook LUG getting more > information than the email LUG. I wanted to explain why that is. The > Facebook LUG is in a much easier format to post information. I can do > ten times as much stuff on the Facebook LUG than I can do here and a lot > faster. > > *Conversations are threaded so it is much easier to follow the > conversations > > *You don't have to worry about "trimming" emails to make them more > readable (and most people don't do this anyways) *It is very easy to > search the group for past posts. > *There is a section where we can upload files that are accessible to > everyone *We have "sticky" announcements *Upcoming webinars are > announced as well as links to the Legacy News posts *We can delete > spam *We can close comments on a thread that has run its course *You > can post screenshots which makes understanding problems (and > explaining > problems) so much easier > *You can create polls (fun!) > > There are 1579 members of the email LUG. There are 18,963 members of > the Facebook LUG > > I know that there are some of you that have sworn you will never join > Facebook. Unfortunately you will be missing out on some things. I > can't make this email list do all of the things that Facebook can do. > > You can easily join Facebook and change your privacy settings so that > you are pretty much incognito. You can make it so that no one can send > you friend requests. You can format your name in such a way that it > isn't obvious who you are (you can't post a fake name per Facebook > rules but there is some flexibility). You can pretty much block > everything. You need to go into the Privacy settings (all of the > settings really) and go line by line to get it set up like you want. > We have users that have Facebook for no other reason that the LUG > group. I also HIGHLY recommend the browser extension F.B. Purity. It > works with Facebook to give a TON of options on what you see and what > you don't see. It gets rid of all the junk stuff (like ads). > > Totally up to you. I just wanted to explain why there is a difference > between what you see and what they see. If you change your mind, you > can join the Facebook LUG here: > https://www.facebook.com/groups/LegacyUserGroup/ > Click JOIN and then you will be asked three questions before you are > approved. This keeps out spammers. The Administrators of the group > are, Geoff Rasmussen, Marian Pierre-Louis, Ron Cannon (head of tech > support), and I. The moderators are John Lisle and Cathy Pinner, two > names I am sure you are familiar with. > > In addition, we also have separate LUGS for the Dutch > (https://www.facebook.com/groups/LegacyNederlands/) and the Danes > (https://www.facebook.com/groups/198010627281215/) These two groups > are admin'd by the Legacy Translation Teams. I am also admin on these > two groups in case I am needed but I don't actively post there (my > Dutch and Danish are a bit weak). > > I hope this information helps. > > > Michele Simmons Lewis, CGR > Legacy Educator > Legacy Family Tree/MyHeritage > mich...@legacyfamilytree.com > www.legacyfamilytree.com > > > > > -- > > LegacyUserGroup mailing list > LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com > To manage your subscription and unsubscribe > http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.co > m > Archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ -- 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/
