We can actually share photos there. Janean Ray -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Anne P. Johnson Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2011 3:52 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [VA-NORTHERN-NECK] Our Group on Facebook Craig, I LOVE the idea, and being a technology lover (and in my 30s), I do not think it is experimental at all! Lots of groups are doing it, and I think that younger users tend to expect organizations to have a Facebook and Twitter presence online, in addition to listservs, message boards, websites, and blogs. I really appreciate the information that i get from other genealogy groups on Facebook. I find that, overall, there is less exchange of very detailed, specific family information on FB than on the listservs. Rather, Facebook is a wonderful way to link up with other like-minded or geographically-related groups, and is a good way to send out information about events, related websites, and articles. It is also a great way to send out photos. I have found so many wonderful resources via my FB genealogy groups. I can already say that I see it as a wonderful addition to the information already compiled here. Thanks for setting it up! Thank you for all you do, Anne Palmer Johnson p.s. You WILL get some of the dreaded "drive-by" genealogists, but i think you will find the benefits outweigh the negatives. On Sep 20, 2011, at 12:47 PM, Craig Kilby wrote: > Hello all, > > I am doing something experimental here. I created a facebook (aka > fb) group for our list. This may be a good idea or a bad idea. Time > will tell. The reason why is that many rootsweb list administrators > are doing this, and I thought I'd like to see what happens if we did > the same thing. I suspect it will be a mixed bag of good and bad. > The good part will be more participants. The bad part is that many of > them will be drive-by newbies. The NNVHS has its own facebook page, > and the recent even to raise funds for the NNVHS scholarship fund sold > 13 tickets in a day by posting the event on its fb page. > Face book is the poster child for mass communication. > > Nothing will change with the rootsweb list. This is purely optional on > your part. Even if you already have a facebook account. > > If you do NOT have a facebook account, and don't want to have one, no > further action is necessary You just won't see what people are posting > there. > > Consequences: I will probably have to send over and over this same > message. I may well change my mind about this. But, let's see what > happens. It may also dumb-down our list, but it also may smart-up the > list. Like I said, iI think it will be a mixed bag. > > If you are on facebook, you can join at: > > http://www.facebook.com/groups/278272062202180/ > > Let me know your thoughts on it. If the reaction is favorable, I will > keep it going. If the reaction is negative, I'll take it down. > I only ask that we give it a month to see what happens with it before > we pass final judgment. Underline the word FINAL. > > Craig > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the > body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message