[HPforGrownups] Re: so, future after yahoo changes?

[Karen Lewellen]

No: HPFGUIDX 193354

Something to consider about the archives.
granted   I am unsure how old the group is, but there is a bit of pop 
culture history   in them.  Consider the posts of members reacting for the 
first time to book publications, to movie releases?
That sort of thing should be kept somewhere.
Kare


On Fri, 18 Oct 2019, Margaret Dean margdean56 at gmail.com [HPforGrownups] wrote:

> Another person here who's on a list that transferred to groups.io with no
> apparent problem (from the member's end, anyway!). I am on Facebook but I
> don't find that it's a very good platform for actual discussion. No real
> archival function either.
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> --Margaret Dean
>  <margdean56 at gmail.com>
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> On Fri, Oct 18, 2019 at 1:45 AM Andrew Mills andy.mills at btinternet.com
> [HPforGrownups] <HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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>> I agree, another group I'm on has moved to groups.io and it seems to be
>> working well.  Definitely no to fb as I'm not on it and don't want to be.
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>> On 18/10/2019 05:35, Karen Lewellen klewellen at shellworld.net
>> [HPforGrownups] wrote:
>>> I would echo groups.io
>>> My absolutely firm no is Facebook.
>>> there is another service comparable to groups.io called freelists.org as
>>> well .
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>>> On Thu, 17 Oct 2019, Eric Oppen ravenclaweric at gmail.com [HPforGrownups]
>> wrote:
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>>>> The Stirling list has done well with groups.io, and that would be my
>> own
>>>> recommendation.
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>>>> On Thu, Oct 17, 2019 at 9:51 PM kelleyscorpio at gmail.com
>> [HPforGrownups] <
>>>> HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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>>>>>> Karen wrote :
>>>>>> Owners given any thought to what will be happening?
>>>>> Kelley:
>>>>> Hey, Karen. Yeah, we're talking about it, but we don't really know.
>>>>> There are alternatives--Facebook, Live Journal, Groups.io, message
>> boards
>>>>> somewhere. We'll have a couple months to decide, but probably the
>> sooner
>>>>> the better. I do wonder what people would like from the group these
>>>>> days--to keep the focus on discussions, or like Facebook, someplace to
>> just
>>>>> keep in touch with HP friends, post memes, etc.
>>>>>
>>>>> Anyway, so yeah, we're looking at options; if anyone here has ideas or
>>>>> thoughts about it, would be great to hear it. And, if there are any
>> posts,
>>>>> files, pics, etc., that people would like to save from this group, they
>>>>> should do so while they can.
>>>>>
>>>>> --Kelley
>>>>>
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>>> Posted by: Karen Lewellen <klewellen at shellworld.net>
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