<VV> VV seems to have lost focus

[Jay Pitchford]

I think the earlier explanation was a good one ... it's been a long, cold
and snowy winter. A lot of projects are 'on hold' pending nice weather, so
we all stay in touch via VV. I know I get my 'vair fix' reading this daily,
(almost) whatever the content.

Until the 18" of snow melts in Columbus, OH ...
Jay Pitchford

On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 3:50 PM, <corvair at mts.net> wrote:

> 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
>
>
>
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