I heartily agree.  Dave has done an excellent job, and I hope he will for a long time to come.


> On May 2, 2018, at 7:12 AM, David Pickett <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> At 09:56 02-05-18, William Jurgenson wrote:
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> >... the FB hpschd group which in the
> >meantime has attained a much more important position than this list, if
> >for no other reason than it is easier to use and allows photos etc with
> >NO stress.
> 
> This list has been altruistically provided and maintained, (truly) without charge, to its users for about a quarter of a century and, as Bill has rightly many times pointed out, has a fully searchable and valuable archive. In recent weeks, it has been made clear beyond a peradventure, that Facebook, on the other hand, is primarily a get rich fast and stay rich scheme -- a platform for collecting and analysing its members' personal data and serving them paid advertisements.
> 
> I cannot conceive of a more disparate pair of examples.
> 
> David Kelzenberg deserves a round of applause and more from all of us here -- THANK YOU, David!
> 
> Mr Zuckerberg already claimed his reward, by having gouged billions from his trusting data providers.
> 
> Kelzen beats Zucker any day in MY book!
> 
> I agree that Facebook has an ability to display photos, which HPSCHD-L does not, but; as others have said, the ability to search postings from even 10 years back is vestigial. We should seek to establish a site where we can put photos in order to enhance the scope of this list; but any suggestions that Facebook is easier to use and benign, or of abandoning HPSCHD-L and its vast archival treasure chest do not make any sense to me!
> 
> David
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Note:  opinions  expressed on HPSCHD-L are those of the  individual con-
tributors and not necessarily  those of the list owners  nor of the Uni-
versity of Iowa.  For a brief  summary of list  commands, send mail to
[log in to unmask]  saying  HELP .
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