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

From: PolandMET <marcin_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2014 00:05:27 +0100
Message-ID: <3A25EB3BA8644EF4BDB202FE582BD894_at_meteorytf1cafb>

> What the list misses is Facebook's "Like" button. That was a brilliant
> idea of FB that allows people to semi-lurk, especially if they don't
> have time to write a long comment -- which also sometimes can be a
> blessing! I'm sure there are many 'likes' of list posts, we just never
> get to see them -- and it can feel silent.
>
> Carl Agee

Well said Carl!

Some persons dont like/understand or affraid of social media platforms (my
parents :) like Facebook. But hey, lets compare Met-list and Facebook to
Radio and TV.

When You hear news during our ride in the car, it causes that You do not
watch the news on TV later ? No, You watch TV becouse it offers more
informations than radio. And even if radio is still usefull in some
situation we spend more time watching TV. Yes ?

Same is here. Met-list is perfect for longer discussion while Facebook is
better for fast news, sales, PHOTOS and MOVIES etc.

So dont be affraid, You dont need to share Your private life there. But
places like "Meteorite group" where at the moment we have 1291 members is
great upgrade.



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> On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 2:39 PM, Galactic Stone & Ironworks
> <meteoritemike at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 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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