[TR] Other Triumph Forums

[75tr6 at tr6.danielsonfamily.org]

I've been on the Mail List since 1997 but rarely participate... more on that
later on..

My thoughts are this.......... in 1997 the Internet was relatively new with most
people in the early to mid 90's using services like AOL, Prodigy, Comp-u-serve
etc. Netscape Navigator was the "first" browser and that came out around 1995 so
there wasn't much graphics in those days. Everyone was on slow Dial-up and a
text based Mail List made sense for most "communities" with common interests. No
graphics, no attachments, no pictures, no HTML.... just plain text. Today
however, most
everyone has a high speed connection that streams video with no problem. Who
could have foreseen that in 1995? In the past 10 years many mail lists have
migrated to
community Forums where everything is organized by topic with pictures and video
allowed.

With the growth of the Forums, specifically 6-Pack and BCF, many Mail List
members have moved on to keep up with the times..... for me a picture speaks a
thousand words when I have a problem. But the other interesting thing is that
TR6 participation for both the Mail List and BCF has dropped significantly to
the point where the vast majority of the posts are TR3 (1st), TR4 (2nd) and TR6
last. I recently logged into BCF and found 2 TR6 posts in the first 30 posts. We
TR6 owners have mostly moved to 6-Pack. All the posts are grouped specific to
a subject: electrical, mechanical, body etc.... and there's even an Off Topic
section.
 
Yes we can get off topic but IMHO, it's full of super smart helpful guys (just
like the Mail List)
who can solve any problem (just like the Mail List). 
 
Bob Danielson
http://tr6.danielsonfamily.org




> On March 31, 2015 at 11:15 AM Bill Brewer <billbrewer59 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
> Is it just me or is our Triumph forum waning? I have been a list member
> for about 17 years now and still use the term “fluif” for those of you that
> remember that string. I recently changed email accounts and found that the
> Scions of Lucas website for logging on to our list doesn’t work anymore
> (http://www.team.net/sol/sollists.html ). If someone can find the list then
> they can’t sign on. I figured out how to sign on to the list again by asking
> Randall. Based on that and the number of posts recently, I would be betting
> that our membership is dwindling.
>
> Is there another way to attract list members? Should someone make up a
> new webpage to show people how to sign on?
>
> Is there a way to get the old webpage with the non-working links taken
> down to not frustrate and confuse potential list members?
>
>
>
> I have been considering dropping out of Triumph list and going to the
> six-pack forum and the Triumph Experience forum (http://www.triumphexp.com/ ),
> but am reluctant to do it being that I have been in this list so long. Are
> other listers on other forums? If so, how is it? I feel like I am converting
> religions or something.
>
>
>
> Years ago, I was on a Mini-Cooper forum. We had a SOL forum and the
> Mini-Cooper guys (a bunch of rabid Chihuahuas) got all spun up on each other
> and got into a list flame war. Everyone migrated to another forum and the list
> died. Bizarre. Maybe the list forums have a useful life or half-life.
>
>
>
> I would be interested to know what other listers think on the subject.
>
>
>
> Bill Brewer
>
> Tehachapi, CA
>
>
>



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