[Mnbird] Why are there so few postings on this list?

Amy Simso Dean mamabirdmn at gmail.com
Sat Jun 3 15:51:00 CDT 2017


I concur, however, the guidelines on the page specifically say it is not a photography site. So, I still post text when I have something to share.

> On Jun 3, 2017, at 3:05 PM, Jim Ryan via Mnbird <mnbird at lists.mnbird.net> wrote:
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> Agree 100%, Kyle. I still post 'good' things when I run across them, but the page is definitely skewed to the visual. 
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> On Sat, Jun 3, 2017 at 3:01 PM, Kyle TePoel <kctepo00 at smumn.edu <mailto:kctepo00 at smumn.edu>> wrote:
> One of things that I struggle with on the Facebook page is that it seems more targeted for users with good photos to share, etc.  I don't usually get good photos when I'm birding, but I feel that a text-only post on the facebook page would not be as interesting.  I wonder if anybody else feels the same, and thus posts less (as is true with me), or avoids posting altogether, because of it?
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> Kyle Te Poel
> Stillwater Township
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> On Fri, Jun 2, 2017 at 6:02 PM, Mary Reese via Mnbird <mnbird at lists.mnbird.net <mailto:mnbird at lists.mnbird.net>> wrote:
> Yeah, I hate Facebook - it's such a confusing mess and I try to avoid it most of the time.  I compare it to shopping at IKEA - once you get inside you don't know where you are, and you can't find the exit!  (But I did just sign up with MOU-NET.)
> Thanks! 
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> From: "jbaumann at usfamily.net <mailto:jbaumann at usfamily.net>" <jbaumann at usfamily.net <mailto:jbaumann at usfamily.net>>
> To: Jim Ryan <muchmoredoc at gmail.com <mailto:muchmoredoc at gmail.com>>; Mary Reese <uuspirit at yahoo.com <mailto:uuspirit at yahoo.com>> 
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> Subject: Re: [Mnbird] Why are there so few postings on this list?
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> Pity for those who don't use Facebook . . . .
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> From: Jim Ryan via Mnbird <mailto:mnbird at lists.mnbird.net>
> Sent: Friday, June 02, 2017 5:53 PM
> To: Mary Reese <mailto:uuspirit at yahoo.com>
> Cc: mnbird at lists.mnbird.net <mailto:mnbird at lists.mnbird.net>
> Subject: Re: [Mnbird] Why are there so few postings on this list?
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> The Minnesota Birding Facebook page is where the action is. 
> 
> There is also an MOU list serv but it's postings are also down in the last few years. 
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> On Fri, Jun 2, 2017 at 4:22 PM, Mary Reese via Mnbird <mnbird at lists.mnbird.net <mailto:mnbird at lists.mnbird.net>> wrote:
> Is there a more comprehensive Minnesota bird list that I'm missing?  This list only has one or two posts at a time.  I would expect 20 or 30.
> Thanks,
> Mary M. Reese
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