<VV> VV seems to have lost focus

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Craig et al:

I think the 'techie' traffic is down - but maybe just people aren't working on stuff right now? Or people's perception of "what the list is for" has changed over the years?

When I joined VV (1995 - 15 years ago!) it was pretty much ALL tech content - so much so that I printed an archive that I found and used it for reading material for some months! Possibly people are a lot more 'at ease' on the internet now and use it more casually for social purposes - and that rolls over into VV.

I'm building a 140 - and every now and then post a question (it's been 10 years since I built an engine - that one (150 Spyder) is still running fine too!). I get lots of private responses - and sometimes kick off a couple days of discussion here too.

I like the way that works. The non-tech discussion just keeps the list alive between my techie queries...

Les
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Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 07:43:48 -0800
From: "craig nicol" <nicolcs at aol.com>
Subject: <VV> VV seems to have lost focus
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I used to be very active in VV but for the last year I've been hanging out
elsewhere and just lurking here. The last two days have convinced me that VV
has lost its way. Off-topic stuff turns a lot of folks away - I've barely
seen anything Corvair for days.  Once you lose the critical mass of
knowledgeable Corvair folk and Corvair people looking for answers/advice,
what do you have?  Not much IMHO.  Latelly, VV sounds more like Facebook or
VV-talk than a Corvair Q/A list.  Does anyone care or is this the "new" VV? 

(Off soapbox - flame suit installed GGG)

Craig