On 2/8/01 6:21 AM, "Margaret Levine Young" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The same thing has happened with list management that has happened in other
> parts of Internet usage -- we moved from a small cadre of computer-savvy,
> relatively experienced folks to a cross-section of humanity.
> But there's an upside -- people like your grandmother and now participating
> in and running lists.
The priesthood is dead. That's a good thing. Egroups (now yahoogroups) is
the online KOA campground for all this stuff, but that's not bad, either.
People like to put it down, and it has its issues, but it enables a lot of
people who can't afford a Hilton....
> Okay, so they need a lot of education.
But who's stepped up to educate? That's the void I think Amy was commenting
on, and it's a valid issue. List-managers isn't.
> The question is my mind is: how do we make lists work for Joe Sixpack List
> Manager? I hate for commercial places like Yahoo Groups to be the only
> place that works for new users.
The technological leap between yahoogroups and running your own is enough
that maybe it's better that they do use yahoo -- but someone ought to be
around to mentor them here, also...
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