Jeff <mailto:malka...@orthohelp.com>
Wednesday, 9 January 2019 6:42 AM
+1
Not even once a month on Facebook!
Ian Thomas <mailto:il.tho...@outlook.com>
Wednesday, 9 January 2019 5:55 AM
Sherry - you have just enumerated all the desires (for a much better
LUG email list) that I silently think about. Pictures on this list
would be a major improvement.
I have had a FB account for 10 years but I probably use FB (not the
Legacy group, which I don't belong to) about once monthly.
Frankly, I'm pleased to see the FB organization withering and being
held to some) account for its transgressions.
Ian Thomas
Albert Park, Victoria 3206 Australia
-----Original Message-----
From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com]
On Behalf Of Sherry H
Sent: Wednesday, 9 January 2019 3:29 AM
To: Legacy User Group <legacyusergroup@legacyusers.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
Sherry H <mailto:hot.rod.w...@gmail.com>
Wednesday, 9 January 2019 12:28 AM
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
Michele Lewis via LegacyUserGroup <mailto:legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com>
Tuesday, 8 January 2019 9:51 PM
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
