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Thank you the jewelry group
I joined this group a few month ago. At that time I was new to DIY
jewelry making and looking for help. I got plenty good advice from the group members. Now I'm doing well. I want to thank the members of this group. I do have a question for the group: lately there are fewer and fewer posts on this group. Are you moving to other sites or groups? I like this group and hope it will grow. Lauren http://jewelrywonder.com/Handcrafted/ |
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On Thu, 14 Oct 2010 09:27:54 -0700, in rec.crafts.jewelry Jessica
wrote: I do have a question for the group: lately there are fewer and fewer posts on this group. Are you moving to other sites or groups? I like this group and hope it will grow. Not so much moving, but moved. This group used to be MUCH busier in years past (like ten years ago). But over the last decade, the Orchid mail list, hosted by the Ganoksin.com web site has come to pretty much dominate the area of jewelry and jewelry related discussions. It's by far the most active discussion forum online for people interested in jewelry, gems, art metal, etc, from professional to hobbyist. That list currently has well over 10 thousand active subscribers, and gets usually around 50 new messages per day. I would be surprised if this newsgroup has more than a dozen or two people who read it on a regular basis at this point. The big reasons for the move away from this group are that for one, Orchid (has nothing to do with flowers) is hosted by a web site. People know about the web. Many newer users of the internet don't even know there IS such a thing as usenet or newsgroup, much less how to access them. Plus, even knowing that newsgroups exist, mail lists are easier to access. You subscribe, and they come in email, which people already have set up. To access a newsgroup, you have to configure your software to do that, and more than a few people don't know, or won't bother to do it. Or, alternatively, you access newsgroups via some web service like Google groups, which isn't ideal. there's a time delay there, it's slow, and not all types of groups or posts are supported. Plus, for usenet groups, meaning those that are not specifically unique to Google, there are then extra steps to jump through to find them, since Google would prefer you read it's exclusive groups instead of going through them to read the more universal usenet groups... Anyway, this group still exists. I still moderate it. But frankly, I've been doing this for almost 14 years now, and would prefer at this point to find someone else to moderate the group. Any takers? It seems to serve little purpose at this point other than being there for those few readers who don't want to bother with the volume of messages on the Orchid list. So don't expect this group to grow. It's been doing the opposite for some time now. Peter Rowe moderator rec.crafts.jewelry |
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On 15/10/2010 3:39 AM, Peter W. Rowe wrote:
Anyway, this group still exists. I still moderate it. But frankly, I've been doing this for almost 14 years now, and would prefer at this point to find someone else to moderate the group. Any takers? It seems to serve little purpose at this point other than being there for those few readers who don't want to bother with the volume of messages on the Orchid list. So don't expect this group to grow. It's been doing the opposite for some time now. Peter Rowe moderator rec.crafts.jewelry I check this list on occasion, and I do appreciate the work you do to keep the level of spam to zero. I frequent the Orchid list more, and thank you for the tips with setting the black star, I sort of know what to do now. Regards Charles |
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Everyone was getting along swimmingly in rec.crafts.jewelry on or
about Thu, 14 Oct 2010 09:39:36 -0700 , when Peter W. Rowe ****ed everything up by saying: On Thu, 14 Oct 2010 09:27:54 -0700, in rec.crafts.jewelry Jessica wrote: I do have a question for the group: lately there are fewer and fewer posts on this group. Are you moving to other sites or groups? I like this group and hope it will grow. Not so much moving, but moved. This group used to be MUCH busier in years past (like ten years ago). But over the last decade, the Orchid mail list, hosted by the Ganoksin.com web site has come to pretty much dominate the area of jewelry and jewelry related discussions. It's by far the most active discussion forum online for people interested in jewelry, gems, art metal, etc, from professional to hobbyist. That list currently has well over 10 thousand active subscribers, and gets usually around 50 new messages per day. I would be surprised if this newsgroup has more than a dozen or two people who read it on a regular basis at this point. Some of us read both but as you can see by my time stamps, not too often. The big reasons for the move away from this group are that for one, Orchid (has nothing to do with flowers) is hosted by a web site. People know about the web. Many newer users of the internet don't even know there IS such a thing as usenet or newsgroup, much less how to access them. Plus, even knowing that newsgroups exist, mail lists are easier to access. You subscribe, and they come in email, which people already have set up. To access a newsgroup, you have to configure your software to do that, and more than a few people don't know, or won't bother to do it. Yeah, only geeks mess with usenet. Or, alternatively, you access newsgroups via some web service like Google groups, which isn't ideal. there's a time delay there, it's slow, and not all types of groups or posts are supported. Plus, for usenet groups, meaning those that are not specifically unique to Google, there are then extra steps to jump through to find them, since Google would prefer you read it's exclusive groups instead of going through them to read the more universal usenet groups... Anyway, this group still exists. I still moderate it. But frankly, I've been doing this for almost 14 years now, and would prefer at this point to find someone else to moderate the group. Any takers? Why don't you set it up to moderate itself? You know, like alt.hackers? It seems to serve little purpose at this point other than being there for those few readers who don't want to bother with the volume of messages on the Orchid list. So don't expect this group to grow. It's been doing the opposite for some time now. :-( Peter Rowe moderator rec.crafts.jewelry noman |
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On Sun, 16 Jan 2011 17:26:51 -0800, in rec.crafts.jewelry "Goat Boy Baaaaaaa!"
wrote: Yeah, only geeks mess with usenet. And even that gets harder, since with windows 7, finding software that will do it means using software that is more and more outdated. Why don't you set it up to moderate itself? You know, like alt.hackers? To do that, for one thing, would be to assume posters would know how, since for alt.hackers, last I checked, posters had to know how to bypass the moderation scheme. That is'nt so much any special setup for the group, as it is a change in the moderation policy to make such auto-approval allowed. The group as it is now, along with many other moderated groups, is not hard to bypass if one knows which headers to modify and how, but most usual jewelry group posters don't have their email or news readers set up to make this possible. So it's simple for me, but would pretty much kill any remaining posters ability to post. The other way to do it, would be to set up a web site based moderation scheme which could make it self moderating, (usually simply a method to block obvious spam and not much more) but doing that means someone, like me, would then have to not only set up the web site and code, but pay for the site as well. I'm not interested in doing that. What I AM interested in doing is finding another moderator. I've done it now for 15 years. Enough already. Either someone who just wants the "honor" of moderating a mostly dead group, or who could take it and somehow build upon it, such as linking it to some useful web site. The obvious choice there would be to see if Hanuman, owner and operator of the Ganoksin web site and orchid list, would like to also be the moderator of this newsgroup. That sort of consilidation might make sense if nobody has any major objections. But I've not yet asked Hanuman if he wants to bother doing it. Given the activity level of the group, I don't see any big rush. Peter Rowe moderator (yawn) rec.crafts.jewelry |
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I like this group over Orchid. I find it difficult to get around in Orchid. |
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On Wed, 19 Jan 2011 00:56:34 -0800, in rec.crafts.jewelry Janet_of_all_trades
wrote: I like this group over Orchid. I find it difficult to get around in Orchid. This group certainly takes up less of your time, what with something like one or two meaningful messages every few months, and only about half of them ever getting a reasonably useful answer in a similar time period. The trouble is that when you need an answer, you have little guarantee that anyone who answers actually knows what they're talking about, since many of the reply posts over the last two years have been little more than thinly veiled spam, and a fair percentage of answers have been pretty much from members of the interested but untrained public. Not a good way to get technical help. Getting around in the Ganoksin web site can be daunting because of it's sheer size, it's true. But the Orchid mail list itself can be manageable. Rather than read the thing on the web site itself (which also can be somewhat cumbersome if you've a slow connection especially), actually subscribe to the list so you get the messages in your email. There are two ways to do it. With both, it's usually best to set up your email program with a special folder labeled Orchid (or your choice of names) specifically for incoming messages from the list. If you subscribe to the list in "digest" format, you get one long message every day. That's manageable. But it can be a slog reading that long digest since you can't just skip to message headers of interest. What I do is to subscribe to the list in it's traditional form, which means individual messages. I have my email filters set up so all messages from the list go into that folder, and nothing else goes there. That means my regular email doesn't get mixed in, which would be a mess. My email program allows me to set properties for the folder that say messages will be kept there for only two weeks and then deleted. Any messages that contain any info I might want to keep get flagged as such (which makes the filter not delete it), or I can move it to another folder to keep. Most email programs allow you to specify how you want incoming email sorted, such as by date, by topic, author, etc. Those options let you set it up (and switch as desired) so you can intellegently follow ongoing single discussions but not all the other topics that don't interest you. Well, I'm getting too wordy here. The point is that Orchid/Ganoksin is indeed "huge", and can be a bit daunting and unweildy until you figure out how to use it. But the fact remains that it is currently one of the most valuable places for people in this field to share and discuss needs, questions, topics, etc. Nothing else like it exists on the web for our field. Not even close. If Ganoksin and Orchid are a bit harder to get around, it's still worth learning to do so. This group, by contrast, may make you feel good to know you're keeping in touch, but these days, frankly, there's just not much to keep in touch with. Janet, if you're a fan of this group, would you be interested in taking over as moderator? Anyone else want to do it? Maybe someone else could figure out how to turn it into something useful again. Cheers Peter Rowe moderator rec.crafts.jewelry |
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On Wed, 19 Jan 2011 01:10:38 -0800, Peter W. Rowe
discovered a keyboard and, for our edification and amusement, submitted With both, it's usually best to set up your email program with a special folder labeled Orchid (or your choice of names) specifically for incoming messages from the list. If you subscribe to the list in "digest" format, you get one long message every day. That's manageable. But it can be a slog reading that long digest since you can't just skip to message headers of interest. Peter, is there a difference in how the Orchid listis presented? I get the digest every day, and it always gives me the opportunity to view a message index -- no need to "slog" through every message. Jim |
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On 1/16/2011 7:37 PM, Peter W. Rowe wrote:
What I AM interested in doing is finding another moderator. I've done it now for 15 years. I have been reading newsgroups for over 25 years and this is the only moderated group I have ever been on and all it does is barf it up by waiting for the moderator to bless it. I would much rather wade through garbage then deal with moderation. Jack -- Astronomy, Beer, Cheese, Fiber, Gems, Nature, Radio, Sheep, Sausage, Silver http://schmidling.com |
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On Sun, 16 Jan 2011 17:37:05 -0800, Peter W. Rowe
wrote: On Sun, 16 Jan 2011 17:26:51 -0800, in rec.crafts.jewelry "Goat Boy Baaaaaaa!" wrote: Yeah, only geeks mess with usenet. And even that gets harder, since with windows 7, finding software that will do it means using software that is more and more outdated. I don't have Windows 7...yet...but this PC is running XP-Pro x64 using Agent 2.0 and it works. Why don't you set it up to moderate itself? You know, like alt.hackers? To do that, for one thing, would be to assume posters would know how, since for alt.hackers, last I checked, posters had to know how to bypass the moderation scheme. You could just poast instructions in a FAQ every so often or let the faithful do it. That is'nt so much any special setup for the group, as it is a change in the moderation policy to make such auto-approval allowed. The group as it is now, along with many other moderated groups, is not hard to bypass if one knows which headers to modify and how, but most usual jewelry group posters don't have their email or news readers set up to make this possible. So it's simple for me, but would pretty much kill any remaining posters ability to post. It's not that difficult with the right software. The other way to do it, would be to set up a web site based moderation scheme which could make it self moderating, (usually simply a method to block obvious spam and not much more) but doing that means someone, like me, would then have to not only set up the web site and code, but pay for the site as well. I'm not interested in doing that. I'll give you space on my server. You'd just have to pay for the domain name ($20 a year including whois privacy.) I won't build the site for you but I will give you a FTP. You could tell people about mail-to-news gateways and have 'em post via email and read on Google Froups. (But filling in a header is sure easier) What I AM interested in doing is finding another moderator. I've done it now for 15 years. Enough already. Either someone who just wants the "honor" of moderating a mostly dead group, or who could take it and somehow build upon it, such as linking it to some useful web site. That's the thing, man. The future of the internets is http. This old way is, well, old. |
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