Just a comment on sharing pictures:  I've had good success sharing photos
here via google's picassa...I upload the pic, then share the link here...

Jimmy
Wilmington, NC

P.S. I like the facebook thing....I control what I share and I have it "Tag
Review" turned on i.e., I must approve all tags....

On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 11:20 AM, Jeff Lincoln <magikvw@gmail.com> wrote:

> Yes, like John said - the Vanagon List FB page has been around for sometime
> now, a year or more and was started by a list member. It hasn't had much
> activity at all until the last week or so - I think there have been maybe
> 10 - 12 requests to join the group in the last week.
>
> I use FB a lot and in many ways some of it's features would be great for
> this forum. Topics would be in a discussion format - pictures are easily
> shared, etc. I use FB for several other smaller groups and have 2 different
> accounts (a personal account and then a sterile nothing too personal
> account to keep in touch with our marching band kids). FB works great for
> me.
>
> That being said I can see where FB could be a major pain for a group like
> this.
> 1) Of the 800 members, I would be willing to say it's possible up to 1/3 of
> our membership probably avoids FB like the plague.(just a wild guess)
> 2) As Roger mentioned there is the control factor - things posted on FB are
> for all intents stored at FB and really "owned" by FB.
> 3) FB is mostly all or nothing - at least with the list as it is I can
> easily save the e-mail I want to save and pitch the rest.
>
> This list is great really. Sure we have our moments but that comes with any
> community/family - and of course there is the eternal social vs. technical
> debate. I think it ebbs and flows (we are in a technical period for sure).
>
> It would be nice to have an easier way to share pictures - but I don't
> think it's a list killer issue - we've gone this far without it  :)
>
> Oh, and I have to train myself to stop trying to "like" list postings like
> I do on FB - man that's a bad sign :)
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jeff
> '85 GL (Gertie)
> '78 Bus (Melissa) Patty's Bus
>