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 www.legacyfamilytree.com -- LegacyUserGroup mailing list LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com To manage your subscription and unsubscribe http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com Archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/
