If anyone wants direct access the current set of tutorials are available from http://www.vimeo.com/user352548 . TAGS: tutorials ...
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Andy Swarbrick
andyswbs
Feb 1, 2008 7:48 pm
Mark of Grouply (correct me if I have misunderstood) has offered to run a live session for those members here. There is nothing timetabled yet, but if anyone...
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Andy Swarbrick
andyswbs
Feb 1, 2008 8:11 pm
Guys, currently these archives are open for anyone to read. Is this sensible? If anyone wishes for them to be closed do let me know. Andy, owner. ...
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Yamanoor Srihari
yamanoor
Feb 1, 2008 8:29 pm
Yes I am! How is everyone doing? Srihari ... -- New! Sign Up for my Photography Newsletter at http://yamanoor.net/news/su.html http://www.yamanoor.com/ = Home ...
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Yamanoor Srihari
yamanoor
Feb 1, 2008 8:34 pm
I would say, let's leave the archiving open, since the point of this group is to test freecycling through grouply and share resources, best practices, hiccups...
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Eric Snyder
egs
Feb 2, 2008 5:11 pm
Open archives seems like a good idea to me too. So long as membership is required to post. Could you explain how the Creative Commons Licensing works,...
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Andy Swarbrick
andyswbs
Feb 2, 2008 10:58 pm
Right now grouply is very, very light on any functionality aimed at moderators of freecycling or other groups. It is right to be aware of this. The current...
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Andy Swarbrick
andyswbs
Feb 2, 2008 11:32 pm
If you look at your settings page then one of the sub-pages you will see is called Set Default Message Types . I have gone through this (rightly or...
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Andy Swarbrick
andyswbs
Feb 2, 2008 11:37 pm
Whereas I have opened this group to focus on freecycling features and issues I also started another group that you might be interested in, called Grouply-faq...
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Jonny
levidemon
Feb 2, 2008 11:55 pm
I am interested. I tried to post my reply througb Grouply, but it seems to have disappeared---it never got here. Jonny aka levidemon ... to run a ... yet, but...
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Andy Swarbrick
andyswbs
Feb 3, 2008 12:08 am
News just in - Grouply have launched an information page on Grouply and Freecycling on their blog at blog.grouply.com/freecycling . TAGS: blogs ...
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Andy Swarbrick
andyswbs
Feb 3, 2008 5:39 am
Jonny, I can see your message ok, or was that a second attempt. If the problem recurs let me or this group etc know. Andy ...
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Demon Sinner in Levi&...
levidemon
Feb 3, 2008 3:35 pm
Andy, My original message was somewhat longer. The Grouply website is very slow and most of the time when I want to do anything other than look at my messages...
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Jonny Brandon
levidemon
Feb 3, 2008 3:55 pm
Andy, Generally I think most groups are better off with closed archives. However, there are exceptions. This group is intended to help people interested in...
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Andy Swarbrick
andyswbs
Feb 3, 2008 4:27 pm
It may be interesting to review what is called the Finder issue since I feel it can help people understand grouply better. Briefly, for anyone not in the know...
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Andy Swarbrick
andyswbs
Feb 3, 2008 4:41 pm
Two of the "Web 2.0" features of Grouply are tagging and rating, and I love the implementations. That said I see little or no value in them for freecycling...
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Andy Swarbrick
andyswbs
Feb 3, 2008 5:23 pm
Dah dooh, dah de dooh, da de dooh, da de dooh, da de dooh, da de dooh, da de dooooooooooooooh, da doooooooo... Okay, sorry for playing around with a never to...
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Yamanoor Srihari
yamanoor
Feb 3, 2008 7:40 pm
I would think, if groups were well managed, freecycling groups could use tags to list out star members - star being people who make offers and keep up the...
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Yamanoor Srihari
yamanoor
Feb 3, 2008 7:43 pm
Yes, in Grouply, you have to belong to the group, having signed up through Yahoo! Groups, and hence now you are "managing"; your posts better. Plus, I also...
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Yamanoor Srihari
yamanoor
Feb 3, 2008 8:02 pm
Hello Eric and others, The simplest description is that we create value by explaining how to use freecycling better (like in fcnext) and how to use freecycling...
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Yamanoor Srihari
yamanoor
Feb 10, 2008 2:46 am
I know that Grouply is set to send alerts to folks looking for specific items. But what if you are not looking for anything specific, are on digest and see...
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cherswares@...
cherswares2001
Feb 10, 2008 5:05 am
Here is a note I received from a group who has experienced Grouply.. I don't think I like this. Cher Posted as: URGENT PLEASE READ!! RE: GROUPLY If you...
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Yamanoor Srihari
yamanoor
Feb 10, 2008 5:07 am
Hello Cher, This is the result of a few list owners pressing the panic button unnecessarily. At this point, Mark and Rich are working on addressing some of...
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cherswares@...
cherswares2001
Feb 10, 2008 6:35 am
Okay Im not sure yet exaclty what grouply is..Sort of like digest melded with Myspace? I have not had the time to really read all about it so can't make any...
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Yamanoor Srihari
yamanoor
Feb 10, 2008 6:46 am
Hello Cher, It is great to know you have an open mind about this. Please spend some time with the links on this email when you have the time. I am no expert,...
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Gilles Beauregard
gilles@...
Feb 11, 2008 4:54 pm
Allo! ... I can't see how this service improve my Freecycle experience. Most of the time, the valuable item giving on freecycle list go very fast, question of...
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Andy Swarbrick
andyswbs
Mar 25, 2008 8:58 pm
Gilles There should be good news on the password issue quite soon. In the group GrouplyImprovements this has been discussed and a feature is coming out,...
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Andy Swarbrick
andyswbs
Mar 25, 2008 9:04 pm
Jonny I have noted a good performance improvement recently. Asking the question about performance the answer came back that someone had been tasked to look at...
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Eric Snyder
egs
Jul 30, 2008 8:04 pm
Response form for FullCircles / Freecycle offers. =================================== I'm trying out a new idea I picked up and adapted from the Google docs ...
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Eric Snyder
egs
Nov 7, 2008 1:14 pm
If you are a Freecycle /FullCircles / ReUseIt member "shopping"; for something in a densely populated metropolitan area, Grouply is for you. With Grouply, I'm...
