[Boatanchors] All Good Things

[W2HX]

Grant is, of course, correct here. Let me state, I too hate facebook. But let me point out that if our hobbies such as BA gear, milsurplus gear, teletypes, etc are to ever stretch to the next generation, you may not want to bury it deep in the bowels of "older" technology, which we all agree works fine for all us old geezers. 

Of course, there is no law stating that these hobbies must be adopted by the next generation. It could all die along with the last standing BA list member. But beside a pecuniary interest of having another generation to buy the gear we own when we are in our "winding down" phase of collecting, I think there is something here of value to the younger generations. I may be wrong. 

But if there is something of value, if there is any benefit to preserving the knowledge accumulated in these lists over the years, it would be a shame for it all to be hidden in the "microfiche" of 1990's email reflectors that no one will ever see, find or know how to access in another 10 or maybe 20 years.  I am sure there is tons of really unique knowledge stored in millions of miles of microfilm that doesn't exist anywhere else in the world. But I sure prefer to google something than to dig around in microfilm. And the next generation will never know what a microfiche is, let alone ever attempt to use one. So that knowledge is essentially lost.

If these lists were run like a business where survival is paramount, and being where the customers are was important, I would bet they'd be moving to facebook post haste. 

So while we may all dislike FB, like it or not, that is where the vast majority of people are today, and where these hobbies would likely find the next generation of collectors/practitioners.  It reminds me of the story of the shop owner who had a store on the old Route 66 and wondered why no one buys his wares anymore since the highway was built.

</flame retardant suit donned> But remember, I too hate facebook!
 
73 Eugene W2HX
 


-----Original Message-----
From: Boatanchors [mailto:boatanchors-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Grant Youngman
Sent: Monday, December 14, 2015 2:20 PM
To: rbethman
Cc: boatanchors at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] All Good Things

Methinks some of you just didn't bother to open the settings and security tabs. 

You can keep the morons out. You can control who's posts you see. You don't have to get notifications. FB Groups can be restricted and even "private" (invitation only). You don't have to share your life history.  You can be SELECTIVE. 

I don't see FB ever as a replacement for a moderated reflector. But it isn't the root of all evil, deserving of hell fire and damnation,  either.  It does take knowing how to use it -- which is a lot easier than getting all 47 pieces of software doing some esoteric digital mode and fully automatic contesting/logging running with a radio-on-a-chip-peripheral plugged into a shiny new laptop driving 4 screens. 

Grant NQ5T

Sent from my iPhone

> On Dec 14, 2015, at 11:57 AM, rbethman <rbethman at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> I have to go with the same view.
> 
> I tried Facebook just to attempt to keep in touch with family.
> 
> What a disaster!  Nothing but notifications, even when someone posted, "Me too!".
> 
> 
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