[C320-list] Catalina 320 owners group on Facebook?

[John Brennan]

You have to realize Facebook is in the business of collecting information about you and selling it to advertisers and other customers. If you're comfortable about a company profiting off your likes and dislikes, who your friends are, your political beliefs, etc., go for it. Me, I'm old-fashioned enough to believe in privacy.




Jack Brennan




Sonas, 1998 Catalina 320




Tierra Verde, Fl.




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On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 8:22 AM -0400, "Gus Macdonald" <rathlyn1 at gmail.com> wrote:










I have not joined Facebook and would choose not to do so. 

Angus
Lindisfane #999
Georgian Bay

> On Jun 4, 2020, at 7:40 AM, Diane Fowler  wrote:
> 
> Good to know!  I just joined!
> 
> Thanks for bringing to our attention.
> 
> Each summer, we leave FL and drive around the country with our travel trailer.
> 
> It would be great to connect with others for a day sail??
> 
> I would love to reciprocate if you want to sail with me in the winter.
> 
> S/V Windy City, Hull 948
> Cape Coral 
> 
> Captain Diane Fowler, CRS, GRI, e-PRO
> 
> Nautical Realty Group, Inc.
> Let me help make your sale a breeze.    
> 
> 239-850-4935
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Jun 3, 2020, at 11:31 PM, Kevin Rooney  wrote:
>> 
>> Yeah, I hear ya on all that, Stephen. I know plenty of people who just
>> won't use it for a variety of reasons. Lots do, though.
>> 
>> There are certainly pros and cons. I'm a visual person, I guess, and find
>> the ease of dealing with images and video to be useful. Note also that a FB
>> group IS searchable.
>> 
>> Kevin
>> S/V Cecilia Ann, #211
>> Deale, MD
>> http://kevjot.com/boat/
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On Wed, Jun 3, 2020 at 11:16 PM Stephen Cox  wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> There are certain advantages to the social media group versus
>>>> an email list, namely the ease of sharing of images and
>>>> video, and also for responding to specific branches of conversations.
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> And there are quite a few disadvantages too, in particular ease of
>>> referencing, filing and finding old messages and threads on
>>> Facebook.
>>> 
>>> A large number of people absolutely refuse to use Facebook for a variety
>>> of reasons, everyone seems prepared to use email.
>>> 
>>> Email delivers the messages directly to your email client.  There is no
>>> need to go and hunt down messages of relevance.
>>> 
>>> Responding to specific branches of conversations can be facilitated
>>> through how you display messages in your email client.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Just my tow pennies worth,
>>> 
>>> Stephen Cox
>>> C320 MKII #320 Tegwen
>>> 
>>> 
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