My experience with Google Groups is that you don't need to have a Google account to send and receive email from a group. To people without Google accounts, it would seem very much like the current system we have. People with Google accounts would be able to log into the group to see past messages. I think it would be fairly easy to switch to Google groups if the administrators wanted to do so.
Slack, on the other hand, would be a bigger step for people who are used to email. Younger people often use it in their workplaces, so are familiar with it, but for older people there's a bit of a learning curve and I think switching to it would lose a significant part of our current community. Leslie Turek On Sat, Nov 19, 2022 at 8:21 AM Laura Koller <laura.kol...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks, all, for your comments. This appears to be a non-starter, > especially with the Community Center topic taking over much of the > discussion at present. I will just add that if we were to use Slack, Google > Groups or anything similar, I think it would be easy enough to just leave > it open on one's desktop or other device. To be clear: I don't know who > "owns" LT, but I greatly appreciate the effort required to run it, > troubleshoot, etc. Thank you, LT runner(s)! > > On Mon, Nov 14, 2022 at 3:22 PM June L Matthews <matth...@mit.edu> wrote: > >> Hi, Andrew. I agree. I get lots of email from various sources, and it’s >> convenient to have LT in there with the rest. If I had to log in somewhere >> else, I just might not do it. But I also agree with the person who >> complained about the long email threads and the difficulty of figuring out >> who was replying to whom and on what topic. But this is an issue mainly >> during a (complicated) discussion, such as the ongoing one on the community >> center. Although I suppose LT could be improved, I don’t think that it’s >> really “broken” so let’s not try to fix it. >> >> >> >> June Matthews >> >> Greenridge Lane >> >> >> >> *From:* Lincoln <lincoln-boun...@lincolntalk.org> *On Behalf Of *ANDREW >> PANG >> *Sent:* Monday, November 14, 2022 2:09 PM >> *To:* Jonathan Sheffi <jshe...@gmail.com>; Laura Koller < >> laura.kol...@gmail.com> >> *Cc:* lincoln@lincolntalk.org >> *Subject:* Re: [LincolnTalk] Slack instead of Mailman? >> >> >> >> If using Google Groups or Groups.io requires having a Google account and >> logging in to that, no thanks. As with Slack, that is an extra step, and >> an extra place to go to read the LT messages. The beauty of the >> email-based list is that it's right in with other daily communication. It >> is so basic that it works for all, whereas I suspect any "other 'modern' >> group communication platform" may require a subscription, which is a >> turnoff, regardless if it is free. >> >> >> >> I know some people are logged in to Google all the time, but not everyone >> wants to do that. >> >> >> >> Andrew Pang >> >> Brooks Hill Road >> >> >> >> On 11/14/2022 1:34 PM Jonathan Sheffi <jshe...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> I love Slack. My wife and I have a private Slack server for running our >> household. But everyone knows how to use email -- I think a lot of folks >> who aren't used to Slack might struggle to use it, and community engagement >> would decrease. >> >> >> >> That said, I definitely agree that the current Mailman infrastructure is >> badly outdated and we should leave for a better service. I would suggest >> migrating us from Mailman to either Google Groups or Groups.io. There are >> migration tools so that we wouldn't lose the archive, plus everything would >> become searchable and easier to navigate. >> >> >> >> Who actually runs the infrastructure for LT anyway? 🤔 >> >> >> >> On Mon, Nov 14, 2022 at 12:31 PM Laura Koller <laura.kol...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> Could consideration be made for replacing the LincolnTalk listserv's >> antiquated format with Slack, or some other "modern" group communication >> platform? I find that the repetition of content makes these messages >> unwieldy and quite challenging to read through to find the non-repeated >> content. Thanks for considering this; any thoughts? >> -- >> >> Laura Koller >> >> laura.kol...@gmail.com >> >> -- >> The LincolnTalk mailing list. >> To post, send mail to Lincoln@lincolntalk.org. >> Search the archives at http://lincoln.2330058.n4.nabble.com/. >> Browse the archives at >> https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/. >> Change your subscription settings at >> https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. >> >> -- >> The LincolnTalk mailing list. >> To post, send mail to Lincoln@lincolntalk.org. >> Search the archives at http://lincoln.2330058.n4.nabble.com/. >> Browse the archives at >> https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/. >> Change your subscription settings at >> https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. >> >> > > -- > Laura Koller > laura.kol...@gmail.com > -- > The LincolnTalk mailing list. > To post, send mail to Lincoln@lincolntalk.org. > Search the archives at http://lincoln.2330058.n4.nabble.com/. > Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/ > . > Change your subscription settings at > https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. > >
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