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> 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 > 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/ -- 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/