I agree with Jim and everyone who posted on this thread. I do not have a Facebook account and I am no fan of Facebook even if I was willing to monitor 10 Facebook sites to keep up. Facebook is a black hole for advertising dollars and the damage is palpable (see today's StarTribune, op ed page A9). I do miss seeing the reports and, sadly, miss many current sightings and interesting observations. A big 'thank you' to Alyssa, Kim, and others who go the extra mile to post for us.
Sid Stivland Plymouth, MN On Mon, Aug 17, 2020 at 2:11 PM James Williams <woodduc...@gmail.com> wrote: > Amen to Mr. Chapman’s comments on Facebook. It is a scourge, a curse, a > misery. There is no conscience there, only greed and complete disregard for > damage done. Information found on Facebook comes with a very high price. > We are fortunate to have this listserv. It has a purpose (that should be > obvious), and serves it well. > Jim Williams > Wayzata > > > On Aug 17, 2020, at 1:51 PM, MN Bird <rhameprai...@sio.midco.net> wrote: > > I will add my voice to the I HATE FACEBOOK call. > > Long ago, I realized that what made Mark Zuckerberg 100 billion dollars is > NOT his benevolence to the people of the world. It’s all advertising > money…but without ANY o the restrictions that advertisers on traditional > media have to (um…are *supposed* to…) abide by. > > > That’s why I went all Amish on FaceBook years ago and shunned it all. No > matter how many friends say I “miss so much”. > > Doug Chapman > Sioux Falls, SD > > > On Aug 17, 2020, at 12:44 PM, John Clouse < > 00000249d7b7d4a1-dmarc-requ...@lists.umn.edu> wrote: > > > > I’ll add my voice to the chorus. I HATE facebook. > > > > John > > > >> On Aug 17, 2020, at 10:01 AM, Winter X < > 000014c7543ba227-dmarc-requ...@lists.umn.edu> wrote: > >> > >> Bummer , do not use Facebook ( privacy concerns ,,,etc.) . I'm a > newbie -- love the reports / findings . I'm in Stillwater ,Minnesota -- on > bird filled lake area .Thanks . > >> Jack > >> > >>> On Aug 17, 2020, at 9:24 AM, Mike Koutnik <m.kout...@comcast.net> > wrote: > >>> > >>> I’d like to add my thanks. I’m at most a rare and reluctant facebook > user. I appreciate the concise and focused info the listserv provides. > >>> > >>> Mike Koutnik > >>> > >>> Sent from my iPhone > >>> > >>> On Aug 13, 2020, at 11:36 AM, Brian Tennessen < > brian.tennes...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>> > >>> I agree with all the thanks doled out, I appreciate the MOU! > >>> > >>> I haven’t used the social media birder options much, and not much eBird > >>> either though I do tend to check out hotspot reports on eBird... > >>> > >>> Thanks all, > >>> > >>> Brian > >>> > >>> > >>>>> On Thu, Aug 13, 2020 at 10:45 AM Dale Trexel <daletre...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >>>> > >>>> So, we're coming up on a quarter century of the public MOU-Net in a > couple > >>>> of months. Quite a milestone! Feels like we should have some sort of > >>>> celebration. > >>>> > >>>> -Dale > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> On Thu, Aug 13, 2020 at 9:47 AM Anthony Hertzel <axhert...@gmail.com> > >>>> wrote: > >>>> > >>>>>> On Aug 13, 2020, at 9:17 A.M., Dale Trexel <daletre...@gmail.com> > >>>> wrote: > >>>>>> > >>>>>> I, for one, am thankful that this ancient LISTSERV technology and > its > >>>>>> admins have continued to provide a communication avenue for the > >>>> Minnesota > >>>>>> birding community for years. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> (Decades? The lists.umn.edu archive goes back to 2008, while > >>>>> mail-archive > >>>>>> goes back to 2005, and it was clearly in use prior to that: > >>>>>> https://www.mail-archive.com/mou-net@lists.umn.edu/mail50.html. How > >>>> long > >>>>>> has MOU-NET been around?) > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> A small group of us started MOU-Net at Cray Computing Labs in mid > 1994. > >>>> We > >>>>> went live with our web site on 18 October 1995. > >>>>> > >>>>> Anthony Hertzel > >>>>> axhert...@gmail.com > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> ---- > >>>>> Join or Leave mou-net: > http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > >>>>> Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > >>>>> > >>>>> During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, practice > social > >>>>> distancing, and continue to bird responsibly. > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> ---- > >>>> Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > >>>> Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > >>>> > >>>> During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, practice > social > >>>> distancing, and continue to bird responsibly. > >>>> > >>> > >>> ---- > >>> Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > >>> Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > >>> > >>> During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, practice > social distancing, and continue to bird responsibly. > >>> > >>> ---- > >>> Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > >>> Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > >>> > >>> During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, practice > social distancing, and continue to bird responsibly. > >> > >> ---- > >> Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > >> Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > >> > >> During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, practice > social distancing, and continue to bird responsibly. > > > > ---- > > Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > > > During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, practice > social distancing, and continue to bird responsibly. > > ---- > Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, practice social > distancing, and continue to bird responsibly. > > Jim Williams > Birding blog at > startribune/wingnut > > Nature is thoroughly > and completely indifferent > > ---- > Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, practice social > distancing, and continue to bird responsibly. > ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, practice social distancing, and continue to bird responsibly.
