<VV> VV seems to have lost focus

[John Howell]

My delete buttom is wearing with all of the songs and Ford posts !   John


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From: <corvair at mts.net>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2010 3:50 PM
Subject: <VV> VV seems to have lost focus


> Craig et al:
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> 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?
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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
> To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
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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?
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> (Off soapbox - flame suit installed GGG)
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> Craig
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