Re: [piecepack] Re: URGENT! Yahoo Groups is going away

[Ethan <ethan.glasser.camp@...>]

Where do people hang out on BGG? The forum
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2860/piecepack/forums/0 ?

Ethan


On Mon, Oct 21, 2019 at 6:13 PM Jessica Eccles jade@... [piecepack]
<piecepack@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

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> I like the idea of archiving the yahoo group content and relying on BGG
> (and others) for community. It's basically what we're doing already,
> since, as it is, this group exists mainly as an archive of past
> conversations and current conversations happen in other places.
>
> On 21.10.19 06:48, jdroscha@... [piecepack] wrote:
> > Greetings all!
> >
> >
> > This is the list owner, James.
> >
> >
> > Thank you to Ed, Ron, imfurry, and others, for bringing this issue to
> the group's attention, and for some initial research into options.
> >
> > (For anyone who doesn't know, by the bye, Ed has been helping to
> moderate this list for close to two decades, and I am very, very thankful!)
> >
> > Honestly, I'm not too broken-hearted by the news of Yahoo Groups'
> demise. I have been annoyed with it for some time, but not annoyed enough,
> it seems, to have moved the group yet.
> >
> >
> > Here are some of our options so far:
> >
> >
> > 1) Migrate the piecepack list, including its membership and historical
> content, to groups.io. As Ed pointed out, this would incur a small cost,
> which is not really an issue. The bigger issue to me is asking people to
> sign up on yet another site, although it appears that if you never visit
> the site itself, you won't need a login. So, maybe not so bad.
> >
> >
> > 2) Create a new Google Group and ask everyone to join. I would bet the
> majority of list members have already signed up to be tracked by our
> benevolent overlords. In this case, I think we would try to archive the
> historical content and make it available in some static form.
> >
> >
> > 3) Archive (and host somewhere) the historical content and then just
> rely on existing Facebook, Reddit, and BGG for community.
> >
> >
> > All I really want is a place for anyone interested in the piecepack to
> go and share ideas and announcements. I would like the lowest barrier of
> entry possible for finding the community, signing up (if that's even
> needed) and communicating. If it's a site that does a good job of
> preventing spam so that we no longer have to police it, that would be
> fantastic. I am not worried so much about hosting files and other such
> features.
> >
> >
> > Opinions? Sway me!
> >
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