[AT] Opinion/ Facebook

[Stephen Offiler]

Thanks very much for that info, Gene.  I'll send a note to Spencer off-list.

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On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 11:50 AM, Gene Dotson <gdotfly at gmail.com> wrote:

>     Stephen, I don't see your name on the membership list. Guest you will
> have to register.
>
>                         Gene
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stephen Offiler
> Sent: Monday, March 09, 2015 10:45 AM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] Opinion/ Facebook
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> I am a member of many forums... an easy dozen, more likely closer to 20.
> The number I visit routinely... zero.  If/when I join the ATIS forum, I
> have no reason to expect my habits to change.  I won't visit proactively.
>
> (Heck it just occurred to me that I might already be a member of the ATIS
> forum, dating back to when Spencer first got it up and running.  Need to
> check on that.)
>
> But... if the purpose of the ATIS forum can be viewed as a photograph
> repository, AND if people who post photos there also post a link to the
> forum on the email list, making it one-click easy... THAT could be the
> perfect solution.
>
> SO
>
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> On Sun, Mar 8, 2015 at 9:05 PM, Spencer Yost <yostsw at atis.net> wrote:
>
> > As I mentioned before, my biggest concern with ATIS is diluting the
> > information between different social media, forums and mailing lists.  As
> > best I can tell, we would simply end up with one third of our knowledge
> > existing on each.
> >
> > If I could find forum software that would integrate seamlessly with
> > mailing lists, I would jump all over it. But I don't think Facebook is
> the
> > answer.   There are just too many people who would refuse to go to
> > Facebook. Unfortunately many of the same people also refuse to use the
> > forum. Until then I think the mailing list continues to be the only
> > answer;
> > with the forum rounding out our abilities to provide pictures.
> >
> > I could allow pictures on the mailing list, but folks would have to
> accept
> > messages that might be upwards of 1 MB in size. If I restrict the size to
> > something smaller, folks would have to be experts in resizing before
> > sending.  Not sure everyone is up to that nor I'm I comfortable with
> > everyone's ISPs and mail accounts handling that.
> >
> > What do you folks think?
> >
> > Hey Dean:  I don't know about narrow fronts vs. wide fronts, but I am
> sure
> > Facebook would roll over before a mailing list I am sure.  (-:
> >
> > Spencer
> >
> > > On Mar 8, 2015, at 12:51, Cecil R Bearden <crbearden at copper.net>
> wrote:
> > >
> > > So............   Did we decide to start a Facebook Page.  Somebody give
> > > me the reader's digest version of this...
> > >
> > > Cecil in OKla
> > >
> > >
> > >> On 3/8/2015 8:43 AM, Dean Vinson wrote:
> > >> Wow, this topic sure generated some traffic, almost like the old days!
> > >> Maybe we could have a Facebook page devoted to whether
> narrow-front-end
> > >> tractors are more likely to roll over than wide-fronts... :)
> > >>
> > >> Dean Vinson
> > >> Saint Paris, Ohio
> > >>
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