[Sca-cooks] halloo the list??

[James Prescott]

I'm here, and I'm on the FB group.  This list, so far, over many years, 
has had a much higher number, and a much higher quality, of useful posts.

I understand the reasons for and against both forums.  I very much hope 
that this list survives, and continues to attract new members.


Thorvald



On 2019-01-08 08:37, Audrey Bergeron-Morin wrote:
> I still like list format better. Facebook is hard to follow, you can't
> really know if you've read everything unless you scroll into infinity, and
> it's a pain to post long blocks of text. But I understand why it's popular.
> I just find myself using it less and less as time goes by. Actually, I now
> use it almost only for events (not SCA, I mean, all kinds of events, shows,
> gatherings, conferences, etc.).
> 
> I miss the old list.
> 
> On Tue, 8 Jan 2019 at 07:52, Johnna Holloway <johnnae at mac.com> wrote:
> 
>> The problem is the Society has fully embraced Facebook. Events have
>> Facebook pages. Maybe they also have web pages but the current up to date
>> news tends to be on the Facebook pages. Shires and baronies now post only
>> to Facebook. They have dropped their web pages and email lists. It’s far
>> easier and quicker.
>>
>> Facebook is free, it’s easy to post to, and can be monitored on our
>> gadgets and smartphones. It is accepted by the younger generation, the very
>> demographic we want to reach and have join us.
>>
>> SCA Cooks is one of those lists which has suffered.
>>
>> The Facebook group SCA Cooks has 2,208 Members
>>
>> Johnnae
>>
>>
>>
>>> On Jan 8, 2019, at 7:25 AM, Sandra J. Kisner <sjk3 at cornell.edu> wrote:
>>>
>>> Ditto <sigh>.  I don't have a Facebook account, and it is highly
>> unlikely I ever will.  I hate to think what I might be missing, but it's
>> not enough to get me to sign up.
>>>
>>> Sandra (not a frequent poster, but a very long-time reader)
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Sca-cooks <sca-cooks-bounces+sjk3=cornell.edu at lists.ansteorra.org>
>> On Behalf Of Patricia Dunham
>>> Sent: Tuesday, January 8, 2019 4:40 AM
>>> To: Cooks within the SCA <sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org>
>>> Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] halloo the list??
>>>
>>> thanks all who replied…
>>>
>>> I really really don't trust FB, avoid it at all costs. I hate that so
>> many subjects I'm interested in are now there, with locked access. I mean,
>> where you have to sign in (open yourself to all kinds of privacy concerns)
>> in order just to scan the contents, not even conversing…
>>>
>>> sigh.
>>>
>>> Chimene
>>>
>>>> On Jan 7, 2019, at 2:59 PM, Patricia Dunham <chimene at ravensgard.org>
>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Has something happened to SCACooks list? I haven't seen any traffic
>> since Jan 2, and that post has something odd about the Sender's address…
>>>>
>>>> thanks!
>>>> Chimene