Don't go there. I think this was discussed many times and the consensus was
no. I personally hate, is hate too strong a word, having to go to a group
site to find out what is going on. Most of the people on this list work for
a living and don't have the time to search out answering questions for free
but if it comes into their mailbox and they've got the time they may give a
hand.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Preece" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2006 3:50 AM
Subject: RE: [U2] Changes to the List
I've been holding back from putting this question, in the hope that the
initiative might come from within U2UG, but it seems high time...
What do people think of the idea of moving this list to a google group
instead?
We'd lose nothing btw - in that we could all send and receive emails
to/from the list - or post and read messages online without any emails,
and we'd have access to recent posts and, in time, archives, in the same
way as for a news group.
How many of you have not used a google group or a usenet group with a
google interface?
Of those that are familiar with google groups - is there anything this
list provides that they don't?
Maybe someone at U2UG could put a survey up on the U2UG web-site to get
some numbers for responses to these and similar questions.
Mike.
From: "Tony Gravagno" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org
Subject: RE: [U2] Changes to the List
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 19:30:40 -0800
> We've now been living with the change to the lists for nearly a
> month. I'd like to invite opinions on the change. Are we all happy now
> that we are used to it? Personally, I think Larry made a good call,
> but this is a community, so I want me be sure that everyone gets
> heard. [snip]
Thanks for asking, Chuck.
If numbers are any indication, I've done some rough counts on my mail
archive:
- In the time period from feb/27 when this change was announced until
today, mar/15, there were approximately 181 posts to this forum. I'm
including posts prior to the announcement on that day as well generously
including vacation posts, dupes, and other mis-haps which occurred.
- In the same time period from the 27th of one month to the 15th of a
consecutive month, going back for the last 6 months, this forum serves
anywhere between 280ish to over 600 posts, with a guessed average of
roughly about 390. (vague enough?)
Given those numbers, it seems traffic here has dropped by almost half
since
the change. Whether that's good or bad is up to the individual, but
anything that (seemingly) cuts community traffic by this magnitude
deserves
some evaluation.
HTH
T
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