To be clear, I am not in any way advocating a "switch" or a "conversion" to fb. What I am saying is that we have a vibrant Moscow political community engaging on Facebook. We should do both. We should engage here *and* we should engage on facebook. I hear interesting things here and interesting viewpoints and I would like more people to hear them.<div>
<br></div><div>Personally, I tend to post things on facebook, and do not intend to repost here. But, as a member of this listserv, I will remain a part of the discussion here. I just think it would be nice if we (us. the common elements that make us up. Liberals.) were all friends on facebook as well. It can only enhance the conversation. It cannot subtract from it because we are not "switching" or "converting" to facebook. We are only adding facebook. My request is not a threat to this message board. It is a way for it to thrive even moreso.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Janesta, you can remove that spammer from your list by either deleting him as a "friend" or just "hiding" him from your newsfeed. If you have any problems, just contact me and I'll walk you through it.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I view the users here as vital to the political conversation that we are having on facebook. If we all grow our friend lists so that there are a lot of politically active moscow liberals on them we can make an impact by spreading the news about Gresham Bouma and letting everyone know that there is an alternative and that we need to do things like canvas and volunteer if we don't want a nutbag crazy insane teabagger (I know. He's a nice guy to talk to. That doesn't make his ideas any less insane, though) to represent us in the state legislature.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Disclosure: I am in no way affiliated with any campaign. I am a concerned citizen slash volunteer.</div><div><br></div><div>-Reggie</div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 7:01 AM, Tom Hansen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com">thansen@moscow.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=686664460" target="_blank">http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=686664460</a><br>
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Now, how is converting over to Faacebook going to be a "plus"?<br>
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To browse discussions in which they are not active. a user would be<br>
required to visit individual Facebook pages one at a time.<br>
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Converting to Facebook simply takes an open discussion, Like the current<br>
Vision 2020 "platform", and places it behind the "closed doors" of<br>
Facebook.<br>
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The current Vision 2020 platform is working just fine. If there are<br>
discussions of which I have interest, I get involved. Tf there are<br>
discussions of which I am not particularly interested, I do not get<br>
involved.<br>
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If it works, don't fix it.<br>
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Tom Hansen<br>
Moscow, Idaho<br>
<div><div></div><div class="h5"><br>
> Okay, so I've been going back and looking at some of the older postings<br>
> from<br>
> this month. One piqued my interest. Someone had said something about how<br>
> this list should switch to a fb style. Well, I don't know about that, but<br>
> what if we used this thread to post links to our facebook pages so that we<br>
> can have more conversations, get to know each other a little better, and<br>
> communicate more effectively.<br>
><br>
> It will not effect the efficacy of this list, except for in positive ways.<br>
><br>
> Here's mine: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/ReggieHolmquist" target="_blank">http://www.facebook.com/ReggieHolmquist</a><br>
><br>
> Feel free to add me if you want a local, progressive, liberal friend who<br>
> can<br>
> also relate to Independents and moderates.<br>
><br>
> Post a link to your facebook account here.<br>
><br>
> -Reggie<br>
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