[Coco] Facebook CoCo (Mainly) group now over 1,500 members.

[Michael Brant]

FB is good in that it can host content but it is much more difficult to
search. Each had positives

On May 1, 2017 4:29 PM, "Salvador Garcia via Coco" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
wrote:

> Rietveld and Steve, would it make sense t promote this group on fb?
> If anything, these groups are complementary . Salvador
>
>       From: Rietveld Rietveld <rietveldh at hotmail.com>
>  To: Steve Strowbridge <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>  Sent: Monday, May 1, 2017 2:42 PM
>  Subject: Re: [Coco] Facebook CoCo (Mainly) group now over 1,500 members.
>
> I see a lot of new faces on th FB page. I am not sure if they know of 'the
> list' or even how to join.
>
> ,
>   Original Message
> From: Steve Strowbridge
> Sent: Monday, May 1, 2017 3:26 PM
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> Reply To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Facebook CoCo (Mainly) group now over 1,500 members.
>
>
> What is the difference between a digested member, and a non-digested
> member? Is there any overlap in those numbers?
> Just under 400 member for a mailing list is pretty good, considering the
> subject is a 35 year old computer.
> Over 1500 members on the Facebook group is beyond impressive, both of these
> services are very active, and serve their audiences equally well.
> I find this mailing list to be usually of a more technical nature, and due
> to the format, it's slightly less socially oriented, but, again very
> effective.
> The Facebook group, being a part of social media, and being able to host
> photos, to be able to see profile pictures of the members, to actively
> comment on a topic, to host polls, surveys, etc., has also been a great
> asset.
> I spend a little more time on Facebook in general, but I am trying to
> frequent this list, and be more active in it as well.
>
> I'm sure there's overlap in this list and facebook, too, so how big is the
> cococo community? I don't think it's a stretch to think there are 2,000
> people out there, how active are they, how involved are they, hard to tell.
> Great thing, is there are no requirements to be a CoCo enthusiasts, and I
> appreciate services like this list, and the Facebook group, along with
> other services, such as the CoCo Crew Podcast.
>
> Even if the "active" list of users was only in the dozens, a dozen actively
> happy people thinking about, working on and creating for the CoCo is still
> a magnificent thing.
>
>
>
> Steve Strowbridge, aka
> The Original Gamer Stevie Strow
> http://ogsteviestrow.com
> ogsteviestrow at gmail.com
>
>
> On Sun, Apr 30, 2017 at 9:53 AM, S Klammer <sklammer at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I certainly do appreciate the humour Darren : )
> >
> > But, just to dispel the myth implied in the clip...
> > https://youtu.be/yNtpWSRF6o8  : )
> >
> > Shain
> > On Apr 30, 2017 1:01 AM, "Darren A" <mechacoco at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > On Sat, Apr 29, 2017 at 10:03 PM, Stephen H. Fischer wrote:
> > >
> > > > As I reported going over 1,000 a report of going over 1,500 is in
> > order.
> > > > Actually 1,503 just now.
> > > > There are lots of non CoCo users of other Tandy computers increasing
> > the
> > > > numbers.
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > https://youtu.be/AOOs8MaR1YM
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