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

[Jaime Borrego]

Please also remember that the "Free" Google groups email list is doing the
same thing.... :)


On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 8:37 AM John Brennan <jackbrennan at bellsouth.net>
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> You have to realize Facebook is in the business of collecting information
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> friends are, your political beliefs, etc., go for it. Me, I'm old-fashioned
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> I have not joined Facebook and would choose not to do so.
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> > On Jun 4, 2020, at 7:40 AM, Diane Fowler  wrote:
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> > Good to know!  I just joined!
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> > Thanks for bringing to our attention.
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> > Each summer, we leave FL and drive around the country with our travel
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> > It would be great to connect with others for a day sail??
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> > I would love to reciprocate if you want to sail with me in the winter.
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> > Let me help make your sale a breeze.
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> >> On Jun 3, 2020, at 11:31 PM, Kevin Rooney  wrote:
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> >> 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.
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> >> There are certainly pros and cons. I'm a visual person, I guess, and
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> >> the ease of dealing with images and video to be useful. Note also that
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> >> group IS searchable.
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> >> Kevin
> >> S/V Cecilia Ann, #211
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> >> http://kevjot.com/boat/
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> >>> On Wed, Jun 3, 2020 at 11:16 PM Stephen Cox  wrote:
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> >>>> 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.
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> >>> And there are quite a few disadvantages too, in particular ease of
> >>> referencing, filing and finding old messages and threads on
> >>> Facebook.
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> >>> A large number of people absolutely refuse to use Facebook for a
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> >>> of reasons, everyone seems prepared to use email.
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> >>> Email delivers the messages directly to your email client.  There is no
> >>> need to go and hunt down messages of relevance.
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> >>> Responding to specific branches of conversations can be facilitated
> >>> through how you display messages in your email client.
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> >>> Just my tow pennies worth,
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> >>> Stephen Cox
> >>> C320 MKII #320 Tegwen
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