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I've been on the Mail List since 1997 but rarely participate... more on that
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<br />My thoughts are this.......... in 1997 the Internet was relatively new with most
<br />people in the early to mid 90's using services like AOL, Prodigy, Comp-u-serve
<br />etc. Netscape Navigator was the "first" browser and that came out around 1995 so
<br />there wasn't much graphics in those days. Everyone was on slow Dial-up and a
<br />text based Mail List made sense for most "communities" with common interests. No
<br />graphics, no attachments, no pictures, no HTML.... just plain text. Today however, most
<br />everyone has a high speed connection that streams video with no problem. Who
<br />could have foreseen that in 1995? In the past 10 years many mail lists have migrated to
<br />community Forums where everything is organized by topic with pictures and video
<br />allowed.
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<br />With the growth of the Forums, specifically 6-Pack and BCF, many Mail List
<br />members have moved on to keep up with the times..... for me a picture speaks a
<br />thousand words when I have a problem. But the other interesting thing is that
<br />TR6 participation for both the Mail List and BCF has dropped significantly to
<br />the point where the vast majority of the posts are TR3 (1st), TR4 (2nd) and TR6
<br />last. I recently logged into BCF and found 2 TR6 posts in the first 30 posts. We
<br />TR6 owners have mostly moved to 6-Pack. All the posts are grouped specific to
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a subject: electrical, mechanical, body etc.... and there's even an Off Topic section.
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Yes we can get off topic but IMHO, it's full of super smart helpful guys (just like the Mail List)
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who can solve any problem (just like the Mail List).
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Bob Danielson
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http://tr6.danielsonfamily.org
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<br />> On March 31, 2015 at 11:15 AM Bill Brewer <billbrewer59@yahoo.com> wrote:
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<br />> Is it just me or is our Triumph forum waning? I have been a list member
<br />> for about 17 years now and still use the term “fluif” for those of you that
<br />> remember that string. I recently changed email accounts and found that the
<br />> Scions of Lucas website for logging on to our list doesn’t work anymore
<br />> (http://www.team.net/sol/sollists.html ). If someone can find the list then
<br />> they can’t sign on. I figured out how to sign on to the list again by asking
<br />> Randall. Based on that and the number of posts recently, I would be betting
<br />> that our membership is dwindling.
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<br />> Is there another way to attract list members? Should someone make up a
<br />> new webpage to show people how to sign on?
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<br />> Is there a way to get the old webpage with the non-working links taken
<br />> down to not frustrate and confuse potential list members?
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<br />> I have been considering dropping out of Triumph list and going to the
<br />> six-pack forum and the Triumph Experience forum (http://www.triumphexp.com/ ),
<br />> but am reluctant to do it being that I have been in this list so long. Are
<br />> other listers on other forums? If so, how is it? I feel like I am converting
<br />> religions or something.
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<br />> Years ago, I was on a Mini-Cooper forum. We had a SOL forum and the
<br />> Mini-Cooper guys (a bunch of rabid Chihuahuas) got all spun up on each other
<br />> and got into a list flame war. Everyone migrated to another forum and the list
<br />> died. Bizarre. Maybe the list forums have a useful life or half-life.
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<br />> I would be interested to know what other listers think on the subject.
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<br />> Bill Brewer
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<br />> Tehachapi, CA
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