[DeTomaso] POCA website forum

[Julian Kift]

I think many of us are 'all in' on the various methods of sharing our passion for all things De Tomaso, plus sharing some thoughts we probably shouldn't! Email is easy, it's delivered to our computer, phone, tablet whatever tech medium we use, no login, internet browser etc. required.

The email list is also perhaps the last truly free speech forum with no membership fee, no biased fact checkers, no censorship and no forcing one subject/vendor to the top because they paid more than the other guy. Moreover, when I discuss a topic via the email forum, I don't then immediately get 20 Amazon pop up ads to purchase the item that truly bears no resemblance to that which I simply mentioned in passing....

Yes, an email forum is antiquated, but in case you haven't been out lately (due to COVID I assume) so are many of us! Forums don't always have great search capability and even with those that do I find repetition is the common theme over time, it's surprising how many of those digitally skilled newcomers never think to use a search engine first! Let's face it, there is only so much content that can be covered in 50 years, even the POCA Newsletters are repetitive to a point, pretty much every Pantera related question has been answered somewhere. But just maybe it isn't all tied up in the question, but the opportunity to interact with other like-minded souls and discuss......

IMO the POCA forum is likely so close format to the PI forum that it failed partially because it was second to the post. I expect the latest POCA effort to form a registry to equally fail as Chuck Melton is already "Mr. De Tomaso Registry".
Facebook groups now have a good following, although I get tired of the DeJa'Vu repetition of having to see the same post or photo every time someone 'likes' it and then conversely never being able to find the one post I saw with useful content I want to go back to!

On the subject of subforums, I have created subfolders in my email archives and topics that have content or that I might reference in the future get pigeon holed accordingly.

Julian

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From: DeTomaso <detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com> on behalf of Larry Finch via DeTomaso <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2021 12:47 PM
To: Email List Address For Posting <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>
Subject: [DeTomaso] POCA website forum

All,

This email list is a ....terribly.... outdated method of sharing information.

Unlike the Pantera international forum and the dead-on-arrival POCA forum, this email list has no method to edit or delete a post, has ridiculously low data content restrictions on photographs, and it’s years of content offer absolutely no method to do a search of previous postings.

Additionally, both forums offer dedicated subsections for different topics, and users can select any of those sub topics as they so choose, instead of having to wade through daily emails or the emails as saved to the archives.

Almost every owner on this email list has performed multiple, and sometimes quite extensive, upgrades to their Pantera but the email list stumbles into the future with no past improvements and no chance for any future improvements.

I am active on the email list because it is here but I am also active on the other two forums. As already outlined above, utilizing the other two forums provides a much better user experience than this email list.

Personally, I’d like to see this email list sunsetted in favor of the much more user-friendly POCA forum.

New members to the DeTomaso community are arguably far more digitally-skilled than many of us long term owners and they must wonder why such an archaic email list is still used in this day and age.

My 2¢

Larry

Sent from me using a magic, handheld electronic gizmo.
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   I think many of us are 'all in' on the various methods of sharing our
   passion for all things De Tomaso, plus sharing some thoughts we
   probably shouldn't! Email is easy, it's delivered to our computer,
   phone, tablet whatever tech medium we use, no login, internet browser
   etc. required.

   The email list is also perhaps the last truly free speech forum with no
   membership fee, no biased fact checkers, no censorship and no forcing
   one subject/vendor to the top because they paid more than the other
   guy. Moreover, when I discuss a topic via the email forum, I don't then
   immediately get 20 Amazon pop up ads to purchase the item that truly
   bears no resemblance to that which I simply mentioned in passing....

   Yes, an email forum is antiquated, but in case you haven't been out
   lately (due to COVID I assume) so are many of us! Forums don't always
   have great search capability and even with those that do I find
   repetition is the common theme over time, it's surprising how many of
   those digitally skilled newcomers never think to use a search engine
   first! Let's face it, there is only so much content that can be covered
   in 50 years, even the POCA Newsletters are repetitive to a point,
   pretty much every Pantera related question has been answered somewhere.
   But just maybe it isn't all tied up in the question, but the
   opportunity to interact with other like-minded souls and discuss......

   IMO the POCA forum is likely so close format to the PI forum that it
   failed partially because it was second to the post. I expect the latest
   POCA effort to form a registry to equally fail as Chuck Melton is
   already "Mr. De Tomaso Registry".

   Facebook groups now have a good following, although I get tired of the
   DeJa'Vu repetition of having to see the same post or photo every time
   someone 'likes' it and then conversely never being able to find the one
   post I saw with useful content I want to go back to!

   On the subject of subforums, I have created subfolders in my email
   archives and topics that have content or that I might reference in the
   future get pigeon holed accordingly.

   Julian
     __________________________________________________________________

   From: DeTomaso <detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com> on behalf of
   Larry Finch via DeTomaso <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>
   Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2021 12:47 PM
   To: Email List Address For Posting <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>
   Subject: [DeTomaso] POCA website forum

   All,
   This email list is a ....terribly.... outdated method of sharing
   information.
   Unlike the Pantera international forum and the dead-on-arrival POCA
   forum, this email list has no method to edit or delete a post, has
   ridiculously low data content restrictions on photographs, and it's
   years of content offer absolutely no method to do a search of previous
   postings.
   Additionally, both forums offer dedicated subsections for different
   topics, and users can select any of those sub topics as they so choose,
   instead of having to wade through daily emails or the emails as saved
   to the archives.
   Almost every owner on this email list has performed multiple, and
   sometimes quite extensive, upgrades to their Pantera but the email list
   stumbles into the future with no past improvements and no chance for
   any future improvements.
   I am active on the email list because it is here but I am also active
   on the other two forums. As already outlined above, utilizing the other
   two forums provides a much better user experience than this email list.
   Personally, I'd like to see this email list sunsetted in favor of the
   much more user-friendly POCA forum.
   New members to the DeTomaso community are arguably far more
   digitally-skilled than many of us long term owners and they must wonder
   why such an archaic email list is still used in this day and age.
   My 2-c-
   Larry
   Sent from me using a magic, handheld electronic gizmo.
   _______________________________________________
   Detomaso Email List is not managed by POCA
   Posted emails must not exceed 1.5 Megabytes
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   [1]http://server.detomasolist.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso
   To manage your subscription (change email address, unsubscribe, etc.)
   use the links above.
   Members who post to this list grant license to the list to forward any
   message posted here to all past, current, or future members of the
   list. They also grant the list owner permission to maintain an archive
   or approve the archiving of list messages.

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