Re: Need feedback from indoor_construction members ASAP

From: Jake Palmer <82.jake_at_gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2019 08:07:53 -0700

I have no interest in visiting yet another website. I like this list
specifically because I can manage it with email. I'm a member at HPA, but I
almost never visit anymore. If we no longer have a mailing list, then I'll
just use FB to communicate.

On Wed, Oct 16, 2019, 5:48 PM mark bennett f1diddler_at_yahoo.com
[Indoor_Construction] <Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com> wrote:

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> According to .Groups.IO site, it's all ad free. Three tiers of
> membership. Free, $10/month, and $200/month. The relevant (to us at
> least) differences in tiers seems to be storage space. Free is 1G,
> $10/month gets 10 Gig. Anyone know how to estimate the storage needed for
> Ind_Construction archives, photos and files? I'm sure Yahoo knows.
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> On Wednesday, October 16, 2019, 5:48:59 PM EDT, Mike Kirda
> mkirda_at_sbcglobal.net [Indoor_Construction] <
> Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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> What are the costs?
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> Sent from my iPhone
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> On Oct 16, 2019, at 4:29 PM, rtxc_at_yahoo.com [Indoor_Construction] <
> Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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> Yahoo Groups is going away soon. Where do we want to go with
> indoor_construction? Is this forum something we want to keep going? Or
> has it been made redundant by other forums like Hip Pocket?
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> It isn't clear where or how this group can be migrated with all posts and
> files intact. Apparently it isn't practical or possible to move it to
> Google. Groups.io has been recommended but in order to migrate this group
> to Groups.io requires a paid subscription.
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> Another option might be to start a new group and just copy whatever files
> are still relevant to the new group We would lose all the posts or maybe
> export them to a downloadable archive as was done in the past.
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> We could start a new group for "free" but it isn't clear how long this
> "free" group might stay "free." Also, we would inevitably see ads.
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> Posting in indoor_construction has fallen off a lot in recent years. We
> need to decide whether this forum is something we want to continue, and, if
> so, how to proceed.
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> Please post your input.
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Received on Thu Oct 17 2019 - 08:08:07 CEST