[ARC5] All Good Things.....

[Fernando - LU2DFM]

On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 03:03:37AM +0000, Glen Zook via ARC5 wrote:
> Facebook has all sorts of security problems as well as anything posted thereon, including photographs, diagrams, etc., become the property of Facebook.  That is, any copyright that is owned by any individual is transferred to Facebook.  Many people don't realize it, but, whenever a photograph is taken, a diagram drawn, and so forth, that item is automatically copyrighted in favor of the photographer, person who drew the diagram, etc.  After that, Facebook can use the item wherever and whenever they wish!

+1

I do really don't understand what the problem is with this
reflector/list. I think is the optimum solution:
* uses little bandwidth
* easy for filtering
* fast for reading (messages are there when you get to
  read them, you don't need to wait for them to load in a horrible web
  interface)
* the content is public and searchable by standard means (i.e.
  a google search and a click away, *anyone* can access the information,
  no paywall, no third party account needed, no login, no nothing: plain
  text information)
* easy for archive (just a download) by anyone interested
* very well mixed in with other reflectors/lists. This point I think is
  important for some of us: I'm subscripted to 124 list/reflectors as
  of today (not all hobbies) and it would be very difficult to enter
  each website to read new messages without filtering. The only way I
  can manage them is from my email agent.

There's some struggle around Yahoo performance recently (really for some
years now) and in some Groups rosed some concern about the Yahoo Groups
platform and archives in the case Yahoo terminates its business. I think
the concern is genuine because, although the web frontend to YG is
horrendous, there are some 10 M (ten million) groups hosted there. I
those groups, like in this ARC5 list, there are (and there was) very
knowledgeable people in every imaginable subject. Some of those
knowledges are archaic: many, many things changed and things that were
once common trade craft are almost completely unknown today.

I think it's very important to do every possible thing to save that
archive for everyone. I think the worst we can do is lost it, and the
second worst is put it in the hands of corporations that don't care a
**** about all this, only cares about how to expose you to more
advertising.


That said, I would add that I'm avid reader of this list. When I've
found it I've downloaded the archives and read every mail top to bottom
(I've read some low traffic others too about radio and photography).
I keep a copy of the archives here.
I'm not a contributor, of course, because there are some members here
that can answer every question single handed and in a blink. 

I wish I can continue reading it in the future and in this form (email
reflector). I will not follow it to facebook.


Best regards.



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73 de Fer, LU2DFM