[texbirds] Re: Texbirds versus Facebook

  • From: Linda Price <lprice@xxxxxxx>
  • To: "texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Maillist" <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 13:55:19 -0600

I am sorry to hear that TEXBIRDS information is being solely posted on Facebook.

I refuse to join Facebook. I really dislike that more and more information from 
many bird sources are only available on Facebook. 

Linda Gail Price
Longview, TX

On Nov 16, 2012, at 1:51 PM, antshrike1@xxxxxxx wrote:

> I'm confused about Texas birding information being posted to Facebook.  
> Martin Reid mentioned in his recent Texbirds post that he had posted photos 
> of the three scoters at Mitchell Lake (Thanks to Martin for helping me see 
> them) on Facebook.  I went looking for them and came up with a "Texbirds.org" 
> on Facebook with few photos and 209 members.  My wife Honey helped me find 
> another "Tex Birds" on Facebook with 487 members and Martin's photos (which 
> are much better than mine).  The real Texbirds listserve has in excess of 
> 2000 members, many who are missing out on information being posted to 
> Facebooks sites and not to the Texbirds listserve.  I guess anyone can 
> befriend one of the Texbirds related Facebook sites and post any garbage they 
> want (which they do).  This seems like a poor way to communicate but would be 
> a way to circumvent Texbirds posting rules.  I guess I need to join the 
> "Beast" so I can find out what's going on, because it may not show up in a 
> timely fashion (or
  a
> t all) on the real Texbirds.
> 
> Dan Jones, Weslaco
> 
> Edit your Freelists account settings for TEXBIRDS at 
> //www.freelists.org/list/texbirds
> 
> Reposting of traffic from TEXBIRDS is prohibited without seeking permission 
> from the List Owner
> 
> 

Edit your Freelists account settings for TEXBIRDS at 
//www.freelists.org/list/texbirds

Reposting of traffic from TEXBIRDS is prohibited without seeking permission 
from the List Owner


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