On 22 Jul 2021, at 9:24 pm, Bill in OKC too via groups.io <wmrmeyers@...> wrote:

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I am of two minds about this. In Johns defense, GIO has moved to a per-member charge to all new groups. New free groups can have up tp 100 members, IIRC, and remain free. At 101, they start charging a small fee, though I don't remember off-had if is per member or per new member, in addition to the monthly or annual charge. It steeply increases the cost of a group.?

OTH, I am really only remotely interested in CNC.y real interest is in learning the manual machines I have acquired, and some supplemental 3D printing.?

Older groups like my Metal-Shapers-and-planers group, with 3400 members would be several hundred dollars a month if they weren't grandfathered. Since this is a hobby for me, It would likely get us shut down, and makes starting a new group cost prohibitive.

And I will no longer be able to upgrade any of my smaller groups.?

I seldom post except to answer questions I can look up answers to, or know off the top of my head, and for CNC stuff that ain't much. So I'm another who probably shouldn't be here.

Bill in OKC

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butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance
accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders,
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efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.
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On Thursday, July 22, 2021, 03:31:42 AM CDT, John Lindo <bechetboat@...> wrote:

All I am asking is just a "hello" from forum members of 260+?

Nothing more or nothing less, if members?cannot be bothered to respond with a simple "hello"?

then they have either passed on, or have not been interested in any of the large range of digitalhobbyist topics.

I do not think there is a more diversified forum for digital hobbyists than this one.?

The last meaningful post was by me in April 2021,?we were?receiving over 50 posts per month in?the?heyday

and I do not think blaming the?Covid pandemic has any relevance,?in fact most of us being in some kind of?

"Lockdown" over the past year should have meant possibly more time on our hands to be hobbyists. and

hit the?computer keyboard with questions and answers.

Gene, you have responded "fantastic", and I appreciate it very much.

I am just trying to get a reality check on whether we continue with the forum or it goes the way?

many other forum groups go and that is down the pan through?apathy ?

It would be a pity to pull the plug, I do not want to do this, but again just a simple hello, or even suggestions on how

to improve this forum or anything.??

All?the best to fellow hobbyists.

John

On Thu, 22 Jul 2021 at 09:14, Gene Pavlovsky <gene.pavlovsky@...> wrote:

I remember that "incident" very well. It did strike me as very peculiar, to use a polite term.
It was John L in October 2020 in the "No compound" thread - a topic started by yourself :)

I found and joined this group because the topics being discussed are interesting to me.
I am just learning from the knowledgeable people here and very rarely comment,
because I don't feel like I have something valuable to contribute.

Now I'm hearing that 30 days without posting will get one kicked out from this group.
To be honest, this sounds rather outrageous to me. Many internet forums or discussion groups are owned/operated by a single individual or a small group,
so it's natural that some of them will enforce some kind of rules that make sense to them. These rules are usually clearly listed when you register on the forum.
But so far I haven't participated in an internet community where you are suddenly told that not posting will get you kicked out.

I wish JimJohn was just grumpy, and didn't really mean it?

Wish everyone well, in case I will be kicked out after this post :)
Cheers
Gene

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John