Shutdown of boston-radio-interest list

[Ron Bello]

Thank you Bob

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On Sat, Dec 2, 2023 at 9:15 PM Bob DeMattia <bob.bosra@demattia.net> wrote:

> OK, it seems like there is enough interest from what I see in this thread
> and also some DM's I received,
> so I've gone ahead and created the group.  For the people that have
> participated in this latest thread,
> I've taken the liberty of sending an personal invitation via email.
>
> For those who don't receive the invitation, you can join the group here:
>
> https://groups.io/g/Boston-Radio-Interest
>
>
> Thanks to Garrett for the many years keeping this list together, and to
> everyone that participated and
> providing interesting content.  Let's hope the new platform will continue
> to have value.
>
>
> Regards,
> Bob
>
>
> On Sat, Dec 2, 2023 at 6:53 PM Tim Gordon <tgordo49@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Yes, please do! FB is awful. Groups.io is simple and clean.
> > Bless you!
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Dec 1, 2023, 9:52 PM Bob DeMattia <bob.bosra@demattia.net>
> wrote:
> >
> > > IMHO, Facebook is bloatware.  Way too much additional content.  Not too
> > > crazy about all the personal information they collect either.
> > >
> > > groups.io is a simple mailing list much like what we have here.
> > >
> > > Garrett: I wouldn't try to export the current list.  I'd simply create
> > the
> > > group over there and send the instructions on this list on how to join.
> > > People who want to do it can, the others will ride off into the sunset.
> > >
> > > But if we do this, we want to make sure we only make one....
> > >
> > > I'll volunteer to set it up  if the group here wants me to.
> > >
> > > -Bob
> > >
> > >
> > > On Fri, Dec 1, 2023 at 8:30 PM Ted Larsen <tlmedia9@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > This may be too simplistic, but why not more this entire platform to
> > > > Facebook? There are already several Facebook Groups dedicated to
> radio;
> > > > WBZ, WMEX, NEW ENGLAND RADIO STATIONS and probably many more.
> > > >
> > > > Anyway, that's my suggestion.
> > > >
> > > > On Fri, Dec 1, 2023 at 5:28 PM Garrett Wollman <
> wollman@bimajority.org
> > >
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> <<On Fri, 1 Dec 2023 17:21:02 -0500, Bob DeMattia <
> > > bob.bosra@demattia.net>
> > > >> said:
> > > >>
> > > >> > Is there any interest in restarting the function of the list on
> > > >> groups.io?
> > > >> > I'm on that platform for bunch of other lists, and it seems to be
> > > clean.
> > > >> > Management of a groups.io group takes very little effort.
> > > >>
> > > >> If anyone wants to do that, they're welcome to.  I will not share
> the
> > > >> subscriber list, however, because (1) I was never given permission
> to
> > > >> do so, and (2) there are a lot of unattended or invalid mailboxes on
> > > >> it.
> > > >>
> > > >> My own interest remains at this point pretty firmly in the history
> and
> > > >> not the present; I can't remember the last time I intentionally put
> on
> > > >> live radio, and that's a big part of why I am trying to wind down
> the
> > > >> most high-effort, low-reward part of bostonradio.org.  (Only a
> month
> > > >> ago I had to shut down the "where am I?" service when the FCC
> > > >> discontinued publishing its database in the format the site depended
> > > >> on -- before that point, the daily database updates were the
> > > >> highest-effort part of the site, but keeping mail delivery working
> in
> > > >> today's Internet is a very close second.)
> > > >>
> > > >> -GAWollman
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > >
> >
>