Re: [Harp-L] Facebook vs Harp-L

[Rick Dempster <rickdempster33@xxxxxxxxx>]

Harp-l is the old grocery store; Facebook is the supermarket.
RD


On 20 August 2014 14:25, Greg Heumann <greg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I am grateful for HARP-L - there are a lot of good people here you donât
> find on Facebook. HARP-L has a long, long history. But HARP-L is now 3
> generations behind the way people with common interests communicate online.
> I fear it is attracting very few new members and that will only get worse.
> Old members are dying. Surely HARP-Lâs audience is shrinking. âListservsâ
> pre-date internet âforumsâ such as Adam Gussowâs âModern Blues Harmonicaâ
> forum (and a host of others). Internet forums have been common for 15 years
> or so. Yahoo Groups are a form of forum as well. Then came âblogsâ.  And
> now we have âsocial networkingâ like Facebook. There are MANY
> harmonica-related groups on Facebook. The younger the person, the more
> likely they are to use ONLY the newest forms and stick with them. Theyâre
> also more likely to migrate to the Next Great Thing when it happens.
>
> It is a shame that HARP-L doesnât move to a newer format that has a
> web-based user interface and is more searchable, more organized, more
> flexible. But it takes effort and administration to make that happen. I
> donât have time to volunteer - do you?  and I certainly donât want to look
> a gift horse in the mouth. Once again, Iâm grateful for HARP-L and
> appreciative of the work that does go into to keeping it running. Now, SPAH
> - thereâs an organization that could and perhaps should take the reins and
> drive. Perhaps the SPAH and/or HARP-L management want to comment.
>
> /Greg
>
>
> > From: "Harmonicology [Neil Ashby]" <harmonicology@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Subject: [Harp-L] Facebook vs Harp-L
> > Date: August 19, 2014 at 4:11:46 PM PDT
> > To: "harp-l" <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> >
> > Has Facebook become the superior source of harmonica related information
> as compared to Harp-L?
> >
> > Here is the link to a composite SPAH 2014 video as found listed on
> Facebook:
> >
> > " http://www.digitalaspirations.com/Shared-Videos/SPAH-2014/i-3Tv59Qc/A
> ".
> >
> > /Neil (" http://thebuskingproject.com/busker/2025/ ")
>