[Tango-L] Email or FB?

[Mary Menz]

While a FB junkie myself, I happen to know Tango junkies who REFUSE to be on FB due to privacy concerns, but, thank you for the link, I did go there.
Mary


> On Apr 8, 2015, at 5:22 PM, Trini y Sean (PATangoS) <patangos at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> Hola listeros,
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> This discussion comes at an interesting time and I agree with many of the points about (Jocelyn's, Michael's, Keith's).  I've appreciated the friendships I've developed through the list.  I debated for awhile about whether to send out a certain post because I wasn't sure if it would be appreciated.
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> Attracting new members, who are most likely to have the most interesting questions and can get discussions started is an issue.  Most newer dancers automatically turn to Facebook (which they are  already using and which teachers are encouraging them to use to learn about events).   Most discussions in my local tango community occur on Facebook, and use of our local email listserv is almost an afterthought.  To be honest, I'm not even using email all that much anymore since I'm deleting most of the emails (necessary notifications that I don't really need to read).
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> The discussion-type posts that I have seen on FB are usually on someone's personal page.  And I'm at that point where I'm not really interested in discussing and dissecting something to death.  I think the tango community in the U.S. has  matured a lot such that much of the information that we questioned years ago has been disseminated.  At least to us mature dancers.  
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> Who would have questions?  Newer dancers, but they are not aware of Tango-L.  Nor are they as invested in “authenticity”.  There's a lot more tolerance because people want to be social.  I don't  get the sense that there as much debate or deep discussion as seen on Tango-L.  After all, it's harder to be more critical of a bad dj'ing in your own community in public.  I think that was one of the beauties of Tango-L.  Many seem to follow someone named “Terpsi”, who started as a  blogger and is now teaching.  
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> Things change and Tango-L needs to change with it or exist in archives.  An obvious change is creating a version on Facebook.  I happen to have inherited a tango discussion group started by a local dancer who has since moved.  If folks would be interested in experimenting with it as a potential Tango-L ish site, that's fine with me.  I really just try to keep announcements from popping up.  Here's the site if you want to join and start discussion.  For me, a successful experiment would be encouraging new people to participate in discussions.  Folks could even do a throwback Thursday from the archives.  Hah!
> https://www.facebook.com/groups/166993546645073/
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> Happy dancing,
> Trini
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Mary Menz