[STXARES] Yaho groups going away

STXARES
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But Groups.io is WAY more than a simple email forum/reflector…

Besides simply using emails it has #hashtags which make it easier to find and track a message thread…
An example would be #SET2019 All the emails for the 2019 SET would be in one place if everybody got on board…

A second feature would be Subgroups… Let’s say a few of the DECs and/or ECs want to plan a multi-district/multi-county SET They could create a subgroup say, D7&8

OR if folks want to discuss GO-KITS, WinLink, Packet, DMR, D-Star, Fusion, IRLP, Wires, LMNOP, whatever… They simply create the subgroup and have folks join… This keeps from bombarding the main group with stuff not everybody wants to know about…

Speaking of bombarding the main group… At the bottom of each email is a Mute this Topic link… Click on it and you don’t get any more messages until somebody changes the subject line… Email with Squelch…

OR we could create a subgroup for each of the 100 Counties and 14 Districts… Members could join the ones they want and all messages, files, folders, etc would be one place…

Just think how easy it would be to recruit and train members if we all shared the same email reflector across the entire ARRL Section?

We could share a common calendar so folks would know when/where all the ARES Nets and Meetings are…

73 Dallas, KD4HNX
Whatever you do, don’t fall victim to “paralysis by
analysis.” Go ahead and buy/build one and start
tinkering with it. This is a learn by doing hobby.

No politician or scholar assured your freedoms.
A Soldier, Sailor, Marine, or Airman did!

There is plenty of free software for forums, much better than a simple

email reflector, that keeps discussions in a thread, and allows better

user settings.

Put on our own server and not shared with the unknown world…

Mark

2

Now that is starting to sound good.

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Unless I’m mistaken I think you’ll find that only moderators can create hashtags, and maybe even subgroups. General members cannot. It makes it a little difficult because when you come up with a good use for a hashtag you still have to get the moderator to create it before you can use it. Maybe the same case for subgroups.

Ken Nichols
(m)301-717-4571
ken.nichols.kd3vk@gmail.com

But Groups.io is WAY more than a simple email forum/reflector…

Besides simply using emails it has #hashtags which make it easier to find and track a message thread…
An example would be #SET2019 All the emails for the 2019 SET would be in one place if everybody got on board…

A second feature would be Subgroups… Let’s say a few of the DECs and/or ECs want to plan a multi-district/multi-county SET They could create a subgroup say, D7&8

OR if folks want to discuss GO-KITS, WinLink, Packet, DMR, D-Star, Fusion, IRLP, Wires, LMNOP, whatever… They simply create the subgroup and have folks join… This keeps from bombarding the main group with stuff not everybody wants to know about…

Speaking of bombarding the main group… At the bottom of each email is a Mute this Topic link… Click on it and you don’t get any more messages until somebody changes the subject line… Email with Squelch…

OR we could create a subgroup for each of the 100 Counties and 14 Districts… Members could join the ones they want and all messages, files, folders, etc would be one place…

Just think how easy it would be to recruit and train members if we all shared the same email reflector across the entire ARRL Section?

We could share a common calendar so folks would know when/where all the ARES Nets and Meetings are…

73 Dallas, KD4HNX
Whatever you do, don’t fall victim to “paralysis by
analysis.” Go ahead and buy/build one and start
tinkering with it. This is a learn by doing hobby.

No politician or scholar assured your freedoms.
A Soldier, Sailor, Marine, or Airman did!

There is plenty of free software for forums, much better than a simple

email reflector, that keeps discussions in a thread, and allows better

user settings.

Put on our own server and not shared with the unknown world…

Mark

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I just used my non-ower, non-moderator login to create a hashtag #forsale…

I did not see how a general user can make a subgroup…

Other features I didn’t talk about were:

  • Chat, could come in handy during and event right up to the time the internet dies…
  • Databases…
  • Wiki…

73 Dallas, KD4HNX
Whatever you do, don’t fall victim to “paralysis by
analysis.” Go ahead and buy/build one and start
tinkering with it. This is a learn by doing hobby.

No politician or scholar assured your freedoms.
A Soldier, Sailor, Marine, or Airman did!

Unless I’m mistaken I think you’ll find that only moderators can create hashtags, and maybe even subgroups. General members cannot. It makes it a little difficult because when you come up with a good use for a hashtag you still have to get the moderator to create it before you can use it. Maybe the same case for subgroups.

Ken Nichols
(m)301-717-4571
ken.nichols.kd3vk@gmail.com

But Groups.io is WAY more than a simple email forum/reflector…

Besides simply using emails it has #hashtags which make it easier to find and track a message thread…
An example would be #SET2019 All the emails for the 2019 SET would be in one place if everybody got on board…

A second feature would be Subgroups… Let’s say a few of the DECs and/or ECs want to plan a multi-district/multi-county SET They could create a subgroup say, D7&8

OR if folks want to discuss GO-KITS, WinLink, Packet, DMR, D-Star, Fusion, IRLP, Wires, LMNOP, whatever… They simply create the subgroup and have folks join… This keeps from bombarding the main group with stuff not everybody wants to know about…

Speaking of bombarding the main group… At the bottom of each email is a Mute this Topic link… Click on it and you don’t get any more messages until somebody changes the subject line… Email with Squelch…

OR we could create a subgroup for each of the 100 Counties and 14 Districts… Members could join the ones they want and all messages, files, folders, etc would be one place…

Just think how easy it would be to recruit and train members if we all shared the same email reflector across the entire ARRL Section?

We could share a common calendar so folks would know when/where all the ARES Nets and Meetings are…

73 Dallas, KD4HNX
Whatever you do, don’t fall victim to “paralysis by
analysis.” Go ahead and buy/build one and start
tinkering with it. This is a learn by doing hobby.

No politician or scholar assured your freedoms.
A Soldier, Sailor, Marine, or Airman did!

There is plenty of free software for forums, much better than a simple

email reflector, that keeps discussions in a thread, and allows better

user settings.

Put on our own server and not shared with the unknown world…

Mark

5

“You are correct about hashtags and subgroups. There are settings that owners or moderators can set to allow standard users to create these things or not. I would be a bit worried about allowing regular members this capability.

Hashtags may not be that big of a deal with the exception of ending up with multiple hashtags that mean the same thing (e.g. Contest and Contests). Opening up subgroup creation to everyone could get out of hand. As an administrator I am open to adding subgroups but I personally feel like there should be some governance around this.

To give an example of how I administer the sites. I keep a separate admin login to configure settings and perform other administration. When I use the group as an actual user I login using my own credentials. This way I also force myself to stay within the rules that have been set by the owner/moderators.

On a separate but unrelated topic, we dodged a bullet by moving when we did. A transfer from Yahoo to groups.io now costs $220. When we did it, it was free. I’m hoping our account will stay free but I have a feeling this may change in the future.

Let me know if you have any other questions. If you have someone that is the administrator of your group and they need a little help I would be willing to lend a hand.

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“You are correct about hashtags and subgroups. There are settings that owners or moderators can set to allow standard users to create these things or not. I would be a bit worried about allowing regular members this capability.

Hashtags may not be that big of a deal with the exception of ending up with multiple hashtags that mean the same thing (e.g. Contest and Contests). Opening up subgroup creation to everyone could get out of hand. As an administrator I am open to adding subgroups but I personally feel like there should be some governance around this.

To give an example of how I administer the sites. I keep a separate admin login to configure settings and perform other administration. When I use the group as an actual user I login using my own credentials. This way I also force myself to stay within the rules that have been set by the owner/moderators.

On a separate but unrelated topic, we dodged a bullet by moving when we did. A transfer from Yahoo to groups.io now costs $220. When we did it, it was free. I’m hoping our account will stay free but I have a feeling this may change in the future.

Let me know if you have any other questions. If you have someone that is the administrator of your group and they need a little help I would be willing to lend a hand.

7

“You are correct about hashtags and subgroups. There are settings that owners or moderators can set to allow standard users to create these things or not. I would be a bit worried about allowing regular members this capability.

Hashtags may not be that big of a deal with the exception of ending up with multiple hashtags that mean the same thing (e.g. Contest and Contests). Opening up subgroup creation to everyone could get out of hand. As an administrator I am open to adding subgroups but I personally feel like there should be some governance around this.

To give an example of how I administer the sites. I keep a separate admin login to configure settings and perform other administration. When I use the group as an actual user I login using my own credentials. This way I also force myself to stay within the rules that have been set by the owner/moderators.

On a separate but unrelated topic, we dodged a bullet by moving when we did. A transfer from Yahoo to groups.io now costs $220. When we did it, it was free. I’m hoping our account will stay free but I have a feeling this may change in the future.

Let me know if you have any other questions. If you have someone that is the administrator of your group and they need a little help I would be willing to lend a hand.

8

“You are correct about hashtags and subgroups. There are settings that owners or moderators can set to allow standard users to create these things or not. I would be a bit worried about allowing regular members this capability.

Hashtags may not be that big of a deal with the exception of ending up with multiple hashtags that mean the same thing (e.g. Contest and Contests). Opening up subgroup creation to everyone could get out of hand. As an administrator I am open to adding subgroups but I personally feel like there should be some governance around this.

To give an example of how I administer the sites. I keep a separate admin login to configure settings and perform other administration. When I use the group as an actual user I login using my own credentials. This way I also force myself to stay within the rules that have been set by the owner/moderators.

On a separate but unrelated topic, we dodged a bullet by moving when we did. A transfer from Yahoo to groups.io now costs $220. When we did it, it was free. I’m hoping our account will stay free but I have a feeling this may change in the future.

Let me know if you have any other questions. If you have someone that is the administrator of your group and they need a little help I would be willing to lend a hand.

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Received.
Art Shaddix, NW5R

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Received

Charles R Wannall

KG5ITH

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“You are correct about hashtags and subgroups. There are settings that owners or moderators can set to allow standard users to create these things or not. I would be a bit worried about allowing regular members this capability.

Hashtags may not be that big of a deal with the exception of ending up with multiple hashtags that mean the same thing (e.g. Contest and Contests). Opening up subgroup creation to everyone could get out of hand. As an administrator I am open to adding subgroups but I personally feel like there should be some governance around this.

To give an example of how I administer the sites. I keep a separate admin login to configure settings and perform other administration. When I use the group as an actual user I login using my own credentials. This way I also force myself to stay within the rules that have been set by the owner/moderators.

On a separate but unrelated topic, we dodged a bullet by moving when we did. A transfer from Yahoo to groups.io now costs $220. When we did it, it was free. I’m hoping our account will stay free but I have a feeling this may change in the future.

Let me know if you have any other questions. If you have someone that is the administrator of your group and they need a little help I would be willing to lend a hand.

12

“You are correct about hashtags and subgroups. There are settings that owners or moderators can set to allow standard users to create these things or not. I would be a bit worried about allowing regular members this capability.

Hashtags may not be that big of a deal with the exception of ending up with multiple hashtags that mean the same thing (e.g. Contest and Contests). Opening up subgroup creation to everyone could get out of hand. As an administrator I am open to adding subgroups but I personally feel like there should be some governance around this.

To give an example of how I administer the sites. I keep a separate admin login to configure settings and perform other administration. When I use the group as an actual user I login using my own credentials. This way I also force myself to stay within the rules that have been set by the owner/moderators.

On a separate but unrelated topic, we dodged a bullet by moving when we did. A transfer from Yahoo to groups.io now costs $220. When we did it, it was free. I’m hoping our account will stay free but I have a feeling this may change in the future.

Let me know if you have any other questions. If you have someone that is the administrator of your group and they need a little help I would be willing to lend a hand.

13

“You are correct about hashtags and subgroups. There are settings that owners or moderators can set to allow standard users to create these things or not. I would be a bit worried about allowing regular members this capability.

Hashtags may not be that big of a deal with the exception of ending up with multiple hashtags that mean the same thing (e.g. Contest and Contests). Opening up subgroup creation to everyone could get out of hand. As an administrator I am open to adding subgroups but I personally feel like there should be some governance around this.

To give an example of how I administer the sites. I keep a separate admin login to configure settings and perform other administration. When I use the group as an actual user I login using my own credentials. This way I also force myself to stay within the rules that have been set by the owner/moderators.

On a separate but unrelated topic, we dodged a bullet by moving when we did. A transfer from Yahoo to groups.io now costs $220. When we did it, it was free. I’m hoping our account will stay free but I have a feeling this may change in the future.

Let me know if you have any other questions. If you have someone that is the administrator of your group and they need a little help I would be willing to lend a hand.

14

“You are correct about hashtags and subgroups. There are settings that owners or moderators can set to allow standard users to create these things or not. I would be a bit worried about allowing regular members this capability.

Hashtags may not be that big of a deal with the exception of ending up with multiple hashtags that mean the same thing (e.g. Contest and Contests). Opening up subgroup creation to everyone could get out of hand. As an administrator I am open to adding subgroups but I personally feel like there should be some governance around this.

To give an example of how I administer the sites. I keep a separate admin login to configure settings and perform other administration. When I use the group as an actual user I login using my own credentials. This way I also force myself to stay within the rules that have been set by the owner/moderators.

On a separate but unrelated topic, we dodged a bullet by moving when we did. A transfer from Yahoo to groups.io now costs $220. When we did it, it was free. I’m hoping our account will stay free but I have a feeling this may change in the future.

Let me know if you have any other questions. If you have someone that is the administrator of your group and they need a little help I would be willing to lend a hand.

15

“You are correct about hashtags and subgroups. There are settings that owners or moderators can set to allow standard users to create these things or not. I would be a bit worried about allowing regular members this capability.

Hashtags may not be that big of a deal with the exception of ending up with multiple hashtags that mean the same thing (e.g. Contest and Contests). Opening up subgroup creation to everyone could get out of hand. As an administrator I am open to adding subgroups but I personally feel like there should be some governance around this.

To give an example of how I administer the sites. I keep a separate admin login to configure settings and perform other administration. When I use the group as an actual user I login using my own credentials. This way I also force myself to stay within the rules that have been set by the owner/moderators.

On a separate but unrelated topic, we dodged a bullet by moving when we did. A transfer from Yahoo to groups.io now costs $220. When we did it, it was free. I’m hoping our account will stay free but I have a feeling this may change in the future.

Let me know if you have any other questions. If you have someone that is the administrator of your group and they need a little help I would be willing to lend a hand.