So, after we made Legacy great, you are abandoning your diehard supporters - or driving and leaving us out to make life easier for you and support ?x!#erberg?
Sic transit gloria. CE ________________________________ From: LegacyUserGroup <[email protected]> on behalf of Cathy Pinner <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, January 8, 2019 4:55 PM To: Legacy User Group Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Facebook The reason that pictures and attachments are not allowed on this list is that apparently some people still have limited and/or slow internet access. Note expecting posts on Facebook to be copied here is totally unrealistic. I mostly post comments that make no sense without the originating post and the following discussion. My comments are often tips or step by step directions on how to do something. Most of the knowledgeable people on FB do the same. Respond to requests for help with useful stuff. There are various ways to get notifications on Facebook. You can have them emailed to you which I think would be a nightmare. I open Facebook and see them there on the Notification symbol on the Facebook "toolbar". RE Webinar announcements, most are also in the Legacy News email so if you want them, make sure you get Legacy News by email. Here is where you can subscribe. https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flegacyfamilytree.com%2FSubscribe.asp&data=02%7C01%7C%7C5491b80371be4e40b7d808d675cd3967%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636825921620279968&sdata=H61ENe22bglAAtBkD%2B%2FNmuSSPEVJa5w12LS0uD27iOU%3D&reserved=0 As Michele pointed out you can join Facebook and participate in Groups and not engage in any of the Friend stuff. I only sometimes look at my personal newsfeed. I rarely if ever post on my own page. I use F.B. Purity to get rid of ads and to control the order of the Notifications so they are time ordered rather than what FB thinks I should see first. Cathy > Jeff <mailto:[email protected]> > Wednesday, 9 January 2019 6:42 AM > +1 > Not even once a month on Facebook! > > > > > > Ian Thomas <mailto:[email protected]> > 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:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Sherry H > Sent: Wednesday, 9 January 2019 3:29 AM > To: Legacy User Group <[email protected]> > 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:[email protected]> > 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:[email protected]> > 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://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fgroups%2FLegacyUserGroup%2F&data=02%7C01%7C%7C5491b80371be4e40b7d808d675cd3967%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636825921620279968&sdata=DCenra7FX%2FNW5MxMgIfU2Kr6ik4p%2BK2fIW9rTm2xgD4%3D&reserved=0 > 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://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fgroups%2FLegacyNederlands%2F&data=02%7C01%7C%7C5491b80371be4e40b7d808d675cd3967%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636825921620279968&sdata=ebdd%2FBzkbIAx2BuCNNOc4PNlL0ZaJiyZQiLUg9YWSo8%3D&reserved=0) > and the Danes > (https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fgroups%2F198010627281215%2F&data=02%7C01%7C%7C5491b80371be4e40b7d808d675cd3967%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636825921620279968&sdata=LpT5bMjaEX2b44%2BrG%2BY0PKH4I1tAoiCAhneD%2BkwQuvY%3D&reserved=0) > 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 > [email protected] > https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=www.legacyfamilytree.com&data=02%7C01%7C%7C5491b80371be4e40b7d808d675cd3967%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636825921620279968&sdata=BFVgBNWFVpe1%2BnVAFJxZCUcuRASaIs3Ug3etXeOB6rM%3D&reserved=0 > > > > -- LegacyUserGroup mailing list [email protected] To manage your subscription and unsubscribe https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Flegacyusers.com%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Flegacyusergroup_legacyusers.com&data=02%7C01%7C%7C5491b80371be4e40b7d808d675cd3967%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636825921620279968&sdata=GhvFtaFnye3R4qk9VWuroDG5IxZS2fgYWRSZQx4YCE4%3D&reserved=0 Archives at: https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mail-archive.com%2Flegacyusergroup%40legacyusers.com%2F&data=02%7C01%7C%7C5491b80371be4e40b7d808d675cd3967%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636825921620279968&sdata=s58EX1%2FO0o%2BoKx5Zv6SiTcMnX7RR4FqByLK3kqs%2BlOg%3D&reserved=0
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