[meteorite-list] meteorite-list] List is getting torpid

From: Martin Goff <msgmeteorites_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2014 20:10:29 +0000
Message-ID: <CAKEL=tDmbiFSMsodQwiALPVg3sEFiDQ==Xs4_-AGBiAC2BBK8g_at_mail.gmail.com>

Anne,

I think Shawn is referring to the list archives, I also used to use
this method rather than getting every message by email as it came
through. I would have this webpage permanently open on mt laptop and
on my phone and refresh it to see the latest posts. As the number of
posts has reduced drastically i now to the individual emails. Shawn
is correct in saying though that the archives now have a huge delay in
posts appearing so if you dont subscribe to the individual emails then
you wont see all posts and certainly not in real time.

I understand what you say in that not everyone uses facebook or wants
to use it but i have found that much of the meteorite talk happens
there and without it there is a lot that is being missed out on. As
Matt says, you can post any number of photos that can all be commented
on, there are numerous meteorite related 'groups' that you can
subscribe to. I also like the fact that i can mix personal and
meteorite related posts so if i post a photo of my daughter for
example i find that friends from the meteorite community also comment
on the image and so my web of friends has vastly extended. It is very
interactive and there have been some great discussions on meteorites
too. Also there are quite a few meteorite scientists on there too :-)
I have noted quite a posts that have been made to the metlist and then
repeated on one of the meteorite facebook groups. Whilst the metlist
post recieves no replies, the identical facebook post sees numerous
replies and sparks off a great discussion. I would hate to see the
metlist stop and am very appreciative of the time and money Art has
put into it but my 2 cents is it certainly needs to change somehow to
keep up and compete with facebook.

Cheers

Martin

On 10 March 2014 19:55, Shawn Alan <photophlow at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Anne
>
> Go to Meteorite Central and .com and click on Click on list archives click on 2014 and click on march date and the last posting is march 5th so u see
> there has been many posting since then which are posted on the website, so it is Arts fault the way has done the new lay out. Before the over haul, I would make a post, and it would show up on meteorite central website within minutes. Now it take 5 to 10 days, unless you get everyones emails.
>
> S
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Anne Black <impactika at aol.com>
> To: photophlow at yahoo.com; meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Cc:
> Sent: Monday, March 10, 2014 3:43 PM
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] meteorite-list] List is getting torpid
>
> Shawn,
>
> There have been quite a few postings on the MetList since March 5th.
> Paul announced the new issue of Meteorite-Times, I commented on the
> Tektites, Doug Ross announced several bright meteors, Ron Baalke sent
> several press-releases from NASA,...... etc. If you did not see any of
> these it is not the MetList's or Art's fault.
>
> Check your computer settings.
>
>
> Anne M. Black
> www.IMPACTIKA.com
> IMPACTIKA at aol.com
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Shawn Alan <photophlow at yahoo.com>
> To: Meteorite Central <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Mon, Mar 10, 2014 1:35 pm
> Subject: [meteorite-list] meteorite-list] List is getting torpid
>
>
> Hello Listers
>
> My two cents
>
> The List went quite ish when Art did the over haul and personal I don't
> go to
> the website any more because the posts arent instant. Right now, if you
> go to
> Meteorite Central the latest post is from March 5th. In this day and
> age, people
> want their posts to be instant, how it was on meteorite central before
> the over
> haul. Now it take weeks before a post shows up on the website, not sure
> why Art
> did this, but it sounds like its hurting the website then helping it.
> Art, I
> wish the website went back to the way it was, I would go to the website
> 10 to 15
> times a day if not more, now I don't go, I have a link to some MC mail
> list that
> shows the postings, but for real time use on Meteorite Central its
> dated and not
> prevalent to current trends in social media and how websites work today
> with
> instant posting. Please fix Meteorite Central Art to how it was :)
>
> Shawn Alan
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Received on Mon 10 Mar 2014 04:10:29 PM PDT