The more I look, the more convinced I am that e-groups (that is, Yahoo Groups and Googlegroups) are dead. They're too complex if you want a mailing list and too ineffectual for full-blown community building. What do you think?
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1 year, 3 months ago by
Steve L.
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I've belonged to numerous Yahoo! Groups, and to a couple of those, and a couple Google Groups, currently. I don't see them as being overly complicated ... then again, most of the stuff I'm subscribed to is software mailing lists and discussion groups ...
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I've found most Groups are either dead as the proverbial dodo or full of spam. I'm not a huge fan.. never have been :D
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Never saw a need for them. I always went to web forums vs. groups on the big portal sites
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Freecycle uses Yahoo! Groups and kind of works, but it has an overly complicated procedure because it's based on a moderated email list
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i have stopped using yahoogroups.. it was more spam and personal notes than anything that made sense
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They won't be dead soon. Both Yahoo and Google groups weren't just being used as a mailing list, but also a file-sharing/link sharing tool. Lot's of people still use it because there's lots of free stuffs there (if you know how to look.:)). But I have to agree it's annoying to use and there are lots of spam.
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Yep, most things on the web die slowly. They will remain as will email which I loath more and more. I find 90% of email distribution to be spam and time consuming. Hopefully more and more lists and groups will be RSS focused. Feed me but don't shove it down my throat.
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