Also, moderating the group keeps down a lot of the "dust" that used to
accompany almost every post. And, yes, social media are probably providing
an outlet for what was the social aspect of the group. But one thing hasn't
changed, and it's the important one. If I need to know something about a
vanagon, there it is. This and the diesel vanagon list save me the same
amount of money, time and trouble as it always did, even though overall
traffic on it is down from what it was.

Jim

On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 10:52 PM, Jim Arnott <jrasite@eoni.com> wrote:

> I suspect that folks are moving to social media type sites. On
> WetWesties for example(a MUCH larger list than Vanagon), there are a
> significant number of Facebook posts now. More and more every day.
>
> Yeah. you're getting all the mail. There's just not as much of it.  My
> personal email is down about 70% this year.
>
> Jim
>
> Never to wrong others takes one a long way towards peace of mind.
> --Seneca
>
>
> On Aug 9, 2012, at 8:21 PM, Jeff Palmer wrote:
>
>  Dumb question but am I getting all of my mail?
>>
>> Two years ago before Kid#2 I had way more time and read every one of
>> the 100+ messages I received daily.
>>
>> Today I've got about 8 regarding plastic boxes and a couple of
>> incorrectly addressed subscriptions.
>>
>> Where has the mail gone??
>>
>> Jeff in Winnipeg
>> 85 Westfalia GL
>> 09 Jetta wagon
>> 09 daughter
>> 10 daughter
>>
>