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[franksfarm AT aol.com]

Just returned to the farm, and wanted to wish everyone a Happy Holiday.


With the explosion of Internet sites visited,it gets hard to keep up with 
everything.



As a result,I and possibly others just read and delete.



I,too,miss the active community we used to share.




Is the list "officially" dead? Is someone keeping the archive? It would be 
ashamed to lose that.


All the best. Frank In KY-
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   1. The death of a list (Rob)
   2. Re: The death of a list (Celia Morgan)


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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2012 08:04:42 -0700
From: Rob <becida AT comcast.net>
Subject: [Homestead] The death of a list
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I woke up this morning wondering what happened to the homestead list.

An e-mail list is (was?) a new type of community, a group of people 
with almost instant written communication drawn together around a 
common theme. In this case a the concept of homesteading.

For many years this was an active & vibrant place to be and then it wasn't....
Did everybody give up the homestead dream? Did the world change so 
much that the group was not necessary?  I think "not" to both of 
those, there are still active groups in the internet world and 
somewhat on facebook. The dream (or necessity) of doing it yourself 
is still there.
A lack of leadership? Maybe, leadership on a list is hard to pin 
down. The leader could be a knowledgeable regular poster or a list 
owner who both posts & keeps order it is rarely the totalitarian who 
rules with the iron fist, lists have to be at least a little fun to 
keep people.
Did one person manage to poison the well? That is possible, people 
left the list rather than deal with the poison.

I think enough people left (for whatever the reason, I'm guessing 
poison & no leadership) that the dynamic of the list fell apart and 
the community that was people, their words and ideas collapsed & is gone. Sad.

Bye.

Rob



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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2012 11:34:48 -0500
From: Celia Morgan <paxamicus AT earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: [Homestead] The death of a list
To: "homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org" <homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org>
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It's is exactly what happened for me. I had better things to do than argue 
for 
arguments sake. FWIW, my husband retired, we moved, and now we are doing most 
things homesteady better than ever before. I miss the camaraderie to but once 
Tvo died..

Cheers,

Celia

On Dec 29, 2012, at 10:04 AM, Rob <becida AT comcast.net> wrote:

I woke up this morning wondering what happened to the homestead list.

Did one person manage to poison the well? That is possible, people 
left the list rather than deal with the poison.

I think enough people left (for whatever the reason, I'm guessing 
poison & no leadership) that the dynamic of the list fell apart and 
the community that was people, their words and ideas collapsed & is gone. Sad.

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