[Sca-cooks] halloo the list??

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On Wed, Jan 9, 2019, 1:32 AM James Prescott <prescotj at telusplanet.net wrote:

>
> 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
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