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On 28/12/13 16:24, Simon Avery wrote: > The mailing list is the heart of the lug. I doubt many would argue > that or wish to change it. > > I have no issue with Facebook and use it a lot. (Just accept that > anything you post on there is no longer yours) > > I have "liked" the DCLUG "group" some time ago, but it's worth noting > this is not a "group" in the Facebook sense. It's just a page. You > can't join it, it doesn't show in your list of groups. This setup is > generally used by businesses to broadcast, rather than a community to > discuss. Perhaps that's the intent and if so, fine. From the messages > in there, many won't use Facebook so it won't ever replace the list > and perhaps having a Facebook Lug community would split part of the > community off, so probably best left as it is. > > I rarely visit the website(s) any more but if a plugin to auto-post > articles/pages to facebook was added, it would help me keep abreast of > things. Certainly the website(s) should remain and be a center for > news and information, including interesting articles, because it's > searchable and a reference in a way neither list nor facebook can ever be. I think that it is possible to subscribe the list to the blog, as in anything posted to the blog on the WP is automatically sent to the list. I am not sure how to do this. http://dcglug.drogon.net/ scroll down and you can subscribe to the blog via e-mail Maybe this should be first step, so the list can be kept up to date with blog posts Paul > -- -- http://www.zleap.net http://www.linkedin.com/pub/paul-sutton/36/595/911 Torbay Raspberry Pi Jam 11th Jan 2014 - http://dcglug.drogon.net/torbay-pi-jam/ I am committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable groups and expect any school or establishment I am involved with to share this commitment. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq