On 02/11/2018 23:14, jmcquown wrote:
On 11/2/2018 1:44 PM, Tina wrote:
On 02/11/2018 05:21, MaryL wrote:
On 10/23/2018 7:38 PM, Cheryl wrote:
On 2018-10-23 3:29 PM, jmcquown wrote:
On 10/23/2018 1:08 PM, Tina wrote:
Jill, I wish you'd try a bit harder with FB rpca. OK there's a lot
of people you don't know, but you do know some of us, it's just
you may not recognise their real names. FB rpca does take some
getting used to, it's different, extremely fast paced, just reply
to what you like, tick to like others with various emoticoms, and
ignore the rest that you don't have time for.. I'm sorry you
didn't feel welcome, of course you are. It's just different,
you'll get used to it. Persevere.

Thanks!Â* I never said I didn't feel welcome.Â* I just don't like the
FB interface.

I don't like Facebook either. I tried it once, very briefly, many
years ago, took against it and decided I didn't need to spend even
more time on the computer learning to use a program I disliked from
the start.

I do miss some of the old groups I used to follow - pretty much
defunct now, all of them, but I doubt I'll give Facebook another
try. There's not much point, since it's such a different kind of
software than the discussions I liked ran on that I doubt I'd like
it any more than I did all those years ago.

Admittedly, I sometimes feel like I'm out of the Ark, since just
about everyone I know seems to be on Facebook, but joining still
doesn't appeal to me.



I don't use FB because they share personal information (a problem
that became even more obvious with recent events).

MaryL


Hi, MaryÂ*Â* Nice to hear from you.Â* Yes, the Facebook interface is very
different, it does take some time to get used to it, but it's worth
persevering. The rpca Facebook group is a secret group - i.e. no-one
can find it if they search for it.Â* You have to be approved to join
it, the admins are people you know, so no worries about you being
approved and only rpca members can see your posts. Most of the old
friends you knew from here are on there.Â* I'm sure they'd love to see
you again. Will you give it some thought at least?
It's a huge group now, there are many people you won't know yet, and
the ones you did know who had nicknames use their real names, but I'm
sure they'll introduce themselves.
Usenet is dying, Mary, please give FB rpca a chance for 6 months. It
does take a while to learn the interface and how to respond but I
think you might be glad if you did. I leave it up to you.

RPCA usenet will die if everyone stops posting here.

Jill


To be fair, I came back as soon as I could access Usenet again. No-one
knows about it now. On one of my old computers running on XP, there was
a button on the toolbar "newsgroups" so you could find Usenet. Not now,
so there will never be any new members. It didn't help when all ISP's in
the UK stopped carrying newsgroups, forcing us to go to NIN to get it,
but that was only the people who were already posting on Usenet and
didn't want to lose it.
Technology moves on, rpca is still vibrant and alive on Facebook. I only
went there when I lost Usenet, but once I got used to it, which took a
while, I found I preferred it as we can post pics.