Barry,Totally agree and I think I made my opinion known on the Jaws list about this. I can understand having separate lists for Special interest topics, say blind musicians list for example, but twitter is of an interest for most tech users so discussing it on general lists like the Access list will benefit everyone. My concern is that if we go down this root then one will end up having to join hundreds of lists to ask a simple question. Think about an MSN list, Yahoo Messenger list, Miranda list and the list goes on as it were.
Besides, I am not sure what is wrong with discussing those topics on the Access UK list in the first place. Seems like reinventing the wheel to me.
Only my thoughts. Cheers, Amro----- Original Message ----- From: "Barry Toner" <barry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, August 16, 2010 2:35 AM Subject: [access-uk] Re: Thoughts on a new list
Honestly, I think there's no need to create a list for such specific narrow subjects. Not in the home-end-user blindness community. It's too small of amarket and these general access technology lists aren't' exactly over ranwith these topics. The list volume isn't' back breaking. I've always found our UK lists on Tech quite light, compared to some of the lists state side.Think about it this way what would people talk about if they moved to a list for each Social Network, then each program, then each anti-virus, then each version of that anti-virus etc. What is it they say, "variety is the spiceof life" in conversation as well as other things.<smile>Furthermore, most people that ask a handful of social networking questionson say BCAB or Access-Uk and get on the social network. Will then, start using that social network to ask questions. Not only about the social network but other things as well. It's one of the points of being on a social network. Having a group of people who you can communicate with. It's more customised for your way of thinking and is a resource where you and others can share information as well as personal aspects of life. Compartamentalisation is an effective tool but not used this way. I think your motives are decent but there's watering down in too many lists. So in a nut shell, I don't believe we're over run with discussions on twitter here. Certainly not to the point where another list needs to be created to handle all this traffic. Regards, Barry.-----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of chris hallsworth Sent: Sunday, August 15, 2010 6:21 PM To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Thoughts on a new list Hello all, I'm sorry to bombard you once again with comments and the like, but as Blind Facebook is doing really well I want to have a go at setting up a similar list, but this time devote it to Twitter and anything Twitter, from the website itself to various clients you can use, including Qwitter. I'll give you all a few days to a week to decide before I set it up. Many thanks in advance for any thoughts regarding this. -- Chris Hallsworth e-mail and Facebook: christopherh40@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx MSN: ch9675@xxxxxxxxxxx Skype: chrishallsworth7266 Twitter: http://twitter.com/christopherh40 Klango: chrishallsworth If you have any computer problems or queries, please contact me on the above channels. ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq__________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 5368 (20100815) __________The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com
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