I have been using Legacy Family Tree since version 4 and I have been a
subscriber to the legacyusergroup for a long time. I enjoy reading the
Legacyusergroup emails, which I sometimes find useful.
I looked at the LUG FB a little, but did not find it useful and have not
looked at it recently. I have over 300 Facebook Friends, people with
whom I share other interests.
I am thankful that the Legacy User Group does not have ads. On google,
etc., I got so tired of seeing the same ads pop up, photos of clothes or
shoes I would never want to purchase, etc., so I finally opted out of
ads. Still get a lot of ads on, but fewer and better quality of ads.
Pauline Cramer
On 1/8/2019 8:37 AM, Carolyn White via LegacyUserGroup wrote:
I have "followed" the FB page for a while but even though I'm signed
up for notifications, I never get one (and because of that I never
remember to go to the page). I second the usefulness of the email list.
Carolyn White
On Tuesday, January 8, 2019, 11:35:11 AM EST, Sherry H
<hot.rod.w...@gmail.com> wrote:
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
<legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com
<mailto:legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com>> wrote:
>
> 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://www.facebook.com/groups/LegacyUserGroup/
> 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://www.facebook.com/groups/LegacyNederlands/) and the Danes
> (https://www.facebook.com/groups/198010627281215/) 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
> mich...@legacyfamilytree.com <mailto:mich...@legacyfamilytree.com>
> www.legacyfamilytree.com
>
>
>
>
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