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

From: Galactic Stone & Ironworks <meteoritemike_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2014 16:39:54 -0400
Message-ID: <CAKBPJW9Nq9t-EnrKLCK=E+EAetB=e-KhqrU3jMGuK2xoivttNw_at_mail.gmail.com>

Every now and then, one of the scientists will post something very
interesting and educational. Some of the best planetary-scientists in
the world lurk on this List and they occasionally post some really
fascinating stuff. I think what we are experiencing here, in part, is
a drain of posts going from the List to Facebook. Many regular
posters here on the List are now very active on Facebook. And, people
have a tendency to forget the good quickly and then hang on to the bad
indefinitely. It's selective memory. In the last couple of months.
we have had thought-provoking discussions about meteorites and
planetary science. Doctors Rubin, Agee, Bunch, Korotev, Grossman,
(and several others who I cannot recall at the moment), often jump in
to a discussion to provide interesting and useful insights. Those
posts just get forgotten quickly for some reason.

In my 6+ years on the List, I have seen a roller coaster of activity -
sometimes busy, sometimes not. And, there are actually fewer ads now
than there used to be years ago. Many of the people that used to post
ads are now gone and we haven't heard from them much at all in recent
years. New dealers have come on to the scene and they post ads, but
it seems to me that the number of ads has not increased - it just
seems that why because fewer people are posting in general - so the
ads are more noticeable.

Facebook is a great resource, but it will never replace the Met-List. :)

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On 3/10/14, Bob Loeffler <bloeffler at peaktopeak.com> wrote:
> "In this day and age, people want their posts to be instant, how it was on
> meteorite central before the over haul."
>
> Hi Shawn,
>
> In this day and age, posts via EMAIL are pretty much instantaneous.  I have
> never gone to the website to read or post messages for this list.  Is there
> a reason why you do that instead of just getting the posts instantly via
> email?  IMO, reading messages in a list such as this on a website is
> archaic, but maybe you have your reasons.  I used to do that on Compuserve
> 20 to 25 years ago, but why go to different websites for all of the
> community groups that you "read" instead of having the messages all sent
> automatically to email?  It's easy to set up rules in email apps so that
> you
> have all of the MetList emails in one folder, all of the
> Pizza-is-yummy-Society emails in another folder, etc.  But like I said,
> maybe you have your reasons.
>
> Regards,
>
> Bob L.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com
> [mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of Shawn
> Alan
> Sent: Monday, March 10, 2014 1:35 PM
> To: Meteorite Central
> 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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