Go ahead and start a new group of your own Eric. Nothing stopping you. I for one am perfectly content with this awful Google group, and have been for many years.
Marty On Sunday, October 3, 2021 at 10:09:29 AM UTC-4 [email protected] wrote: > Hi all -- I'm relatively new in these parts but I do love and appreciate > the community, information, gear swaps and laughs of the RBW Owners Bunch. > > But, man, Google Groups is awful. I'm a member of a few other forums that > use phpBB <https://www.phpbb.com/> which is, to my mind, real nice and > easy to use. > > Problems I see here: > > - Generally difficult to keep up with rolling posts, format doesn't > lend to quick scanning and visual organization > - Threads don't have pages! Infinite scroll > - DMs get lost > - Sharing images is a total pain > - We don't have discussion folders for broad categories. Spitballing > here but we could have: General discussion, For Sale, Repairs and > maintenance, etc. > - A For Sale folder with a tagged/pinned mega thread with frames for > sale would be cool, supplemented by our rolling gear posts. > > I believe phpbb would add some much needed functionality, editing > capability, sharing capability and browsing capability! I have not done *any > *research into the cost or what it would take to set up a new forum but > I'd wager that a few of us would gladly chip in to cover the costs. > > Food for thought. Perhaps this has been discussed previously. But I think > there are better ways for us to get together. > > Did I mention Google groups is awful? > > Okay, peace and love! > Eric > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/6cc29014-0309-4954-8402-cd143cdc46a3n%40googlegroups.com.
