[amsat-bb] Slack vs. eMail -- The medium is the message

[Zach Metzinger]

Hello all,

The email list has worked well for me, and can be read by a neutral 
email app on my phone (K9Droid is what I use).

If we moved to Slack, I'd probably not participate. I find the 
stream-of-consciousness level of communication distracting enough using 
Microsoft Teams at work. My hobby interests rarely require instantaneous 
responses to someone else's thoughts.

I would caution against groups.io on political neutrality grounds. If 
you look at the page https://groups.io/static/pricing and search for 
"Indivisible", it is clear that those who run groups.io have a political 
axe to grind.

This is the reason that I dropped off of another email list (NTMS) when 
they moved to groups.io from Yahoo Groups.

Anyway, I prefer a simple email of plain text to something with flashy 
colors and obnoxious fonts. If something needs to be said graphically, 
include a URL to one of the many free hosting sites with the desired 
content.

My $0.02,

--- Zach
N0ZGO