[Boatanchors] All Good Things

[Nick England]

Eugene makes a good point about "outreach". But I still haven't heard that
FB can serve as an organized searchable archive rather than a
stream-of-consciousness conversation. FB would be fine for the kind of
discussion we are having now, but what about retrieving the HQ-170
alignment discussion from 2 years ago? Now you can either search the
archive or retrieve the mail I saved in my Hammarlund folder 2 years
ago That archive of useful info is a great value about these lists. Can FB
provide a similar

On Monday, December 14, 2015, W2HX <w2hx at w2hx.com> wrote:

> 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
> <javascript:;>] On Behalf Of Grant Youngman
> Sent: Monday, December 14, 2015 2:20 PM
> To: rbethman
> Cc: boatanchors at mailman.qth.net <javascript:;>
> 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
> <javascript:;>> 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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