Future of this group

[W. Bean]

The greatest thing about an "audifans" FB group page would be that it maintained the one-size-fits-all nature of what the original Q-list did, and wouldn't be model or chassis specific like the bulk of the groups/pages out there.  Being on FB already (although there are days I consider shutting the whole thing down for any number of reasons) I'd support it. The problem with it is there are the hold-outs who have never embraced social media (or even forums) and rely on the various email lists to get answers, even with very little audience.  They'd be left in the wasteland of what once was.  What's more, the problem with QW is that a lot of the very valuable posts are so old that the pictures are no longer hosted and there are TONS of broken links. It's sad really, because there's probably no single source of FAQ / BTDT type info as there is in the QW and AW archives, save of course the q-list archives, which of course didn't have pics and are in archaic email format.  

It's no secret that q-list (much less that of the many spin off lists) traffic will never be even a sliver of what it once was, because most have moved on in life.   Like Cody, I appreciated the fact that it was sent to me instead of having to go search it out, and still reply when I have something to add. Like many, I had to get the digests because of the unbelievable volume of emails the list used to generate.  Obviously that hasn't been necessary in years.  The same holds regarding traffic on QuattroWorld and AudiWorld.  Usage is nothing like it was 10ish years ago, largely with the advent of FB groups, and of course, you've gotta go searching, which I haven't done "regularly/daily" in years. So, what to do. 



---- Cody <cody at 5000tq.com> wrote: 
> Since the list so unceremoniously vanished 8ish months ago, but is now mysteriously back we can now have a chance to organize a potential replacement.




 I'd vote for a Facebook group. There are currently a couple pre-existing such as the "Large chassis Audi" group, but I think an Audifans group would be nice. Bonus: it's easy to post pictures and share pertinent articles etc. I'd volunteer to admin it and invite some of the old guard here to join me in that task. 




Alternately we can move to the forums on Audiworld, but personally I hate their format and constantly forget to go check them out. The concept of the conversation being delivered to me is why I stuck with this list for so long.




Of course we could always get a separately hosted mailing list together too. I have a server that can run it, but then we are back to relying on a central singular person to maintain it. 




-Cody



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Wylie Bean
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