<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Facebook is indeed problematic, as all social media can be. <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">For my own part, using it to reconnect with folks had a significant part in pulling me out of a deep depression following an unplanned retirement at the beginning of Covid lockdown. <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Not to mention that Ken’s response to one of my posts on the Vintage Electronic Test Equipment page led me to getting involved with the Museum again, making and renewing treasured friendships in the real world. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">There are many ways of reaching out to the wide world, never mind the WideWorld - those who WANT to find the Museum will manage, even with some false starts.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">One of the most rewarding bits of being a gate-tender during 2023 Steam-Up was welcoming the folks who followed the little road signs and had NO idea what wonders awaited them - so being easy to find for folks who are NOT looking is a vital part of our outreach.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Vbob</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">PS: I find I’m going on about my own challenges these days - but it points up how much the Museum has helped ME, even as I wish I could help the Museum more. I suspect I’m not alone in that.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">V<br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Feb 17, 2024, at 9:31 AM, Robert Vincent <<a href="mailto:robvi3@gmail.com" class="">robvi3@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">I do not subscribe to Facebook, I never have and never will. I keep away from social media sites. The best way to do it is have a link such that if someone goe into Google and types any combination of the "Wireless&Steam museum it will direct you to several sites. Also when you sign into the Facebook NEWS it will aks for a log in or become a member, Just click the X in the upper right hand corner and you go right in as a guest, TRY TO KEEP IT SIMPLE OR PEOPLE WILL NOT PUT IN ANY EFFORT.</div><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Feb 17, 2024 at 7:13 AM Vbob via Thursday <<a href="mailto:thursday@newsm.org" class="">thursday@newsm.org</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space" class="">Ken, et al - I just commented on a post by Michael in the Vintage Electronic Test Equipment Facebook group - a bit of gentle snark about finding stuff… - and used Facebook’s ‘automagic match’ to include a link to the Museum Facebook page in my comment - except that it offered three very similar groups - one spelt with an Ampersand, and another with the word AND, and a third I didn’t explore… try as I might I can’t get it to choose the official page - and now I can’t get it to offer all three choices again, but only the two similar unofficial pages…… need more coffee.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">A workaround is to paste the URL into a post - but I do like the cleaner feel of the name being a link in the text of a post or comment.<br class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The ‘Ampersand’ Facebook page splashes in with a invitation to the 2023 Car Show, while one of the ‘And’ pages goes to an unofficial but interesting presentation of the Museum. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="https://www.facebook.com/NEWirelessSteamMuseum" target="_blank" class="">https://www.facebook.com/NEWirelessSteamMuseum</a> seems to be the ‘official’ page and opens with a nice shot of the big engines…</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/New%20England%20Wireless%20" target="_blank" class="">https://www.facebook.com/pages/New%20England%20Wireless%20</a><b class=""><font color="#669c35" class="">and%20</font></b>Steam%20Museum/144134172264489 - unofficial page but <b class="">fairly</b> current</div><div class=""><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/New%20England%20Wireless%20" target="_blank" class="">https://www.facebook.com/pages/New%20England%20Wireless%20</a><b class=""><font color="#b51a00" class="">&%20</font></b>Steam%20Museum/1095731340460661/ - unofficial page but last post from 2016</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">How did we end up with multiple variously updated pages, and who manages it/them/us?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Can/should we figure out how to have one official page? </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Does any of this make sense? I’m getting lost just thinking about it - and we really REALLY want folks to be able to find the place and be convinced it’s worth a visit.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Vbob</div><div class=""><div class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Feb 14, 2024, at 5:36 AM, Ken Carr via Thursday <<a href="mailto:thursday@newsm.org" target="_blank" class="">thursday@newsm.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class=""><div class=""><div class="">
Do you frequent speciality groups on Facebook or other social media sites<div class="">that you have an interest in?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Do yo search out topics such as:</div><div class="">steam engines. electricity. DIY. STEM</div><div class="">trains. mechanics. Machining. Physics</div><div class="">engineering. physics. ham radio. Antique Radios</div><div class="">Makers. History. wireless. Restoration </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">How often do you drop a plug for the museum?</div><div class="">It’s easy to do and if we all make it a habit, even more people</div><div class="">will discover us. A suggested sample is below:</div><div class="">If you type just the text within the parentheses (omit the parentheses) you will</div><div class="">get the nice photo link you may see below:</div><div class="">“<a href="https://newsm.xn--org-9o0a/" target="_blank" class="">https://newsm.org”</a> <div id="m_2201664052860709940temp-enhancr-placeholder" class=""></div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="https://newsm.org/" target="_blank" class="">New England Wireless & Steam Museum – A Non-Profit • Public • Educational • Engineering Museum</a><div class=""><br class=""></div><div id="m_2201664052860709940enhancr2_FB04BE1A-963E-403D-9C5B-AE9E65283BAE" style="max-width:400px;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif" class=""> <a href="https://newsm.org/" style="text-decoration:none" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" class=""> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="max-width:400px" class=""> <tbody class=""><tr class=""> <td width="400" class=""> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%" style="max-width:400px" class=""> <tbody class=""><tr class=""> <td style="background-image:url("https://s.yimg.com/lo/api/res/1.2/L4m6KMsysjTWsihiguADaQ--~A/Zmk9ZmlsbDt3PTQwMDtoPTIwMDthcHBpZD1pZXh0cmFjdA--/https://newsm.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/NEWSM_steam-up_2024.jpg.cf.jpg");background-color:rgb(0,0,0);background-size:cover;height:200px;background-position:center center" bgcolor="#000000" valign="top" class=""> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" valign="top" style="width:100%" class=""> <tbody class=""><tr class=""> <td style="background-image:url("https://s.yimg.com/nq/storm/assets/enhancrV2/12/overlay-tile.png");background-color:transparent;height:200px;background-position:left top" bgcolor="transparent" valign="top" class=""> <table height="185" style="width:100%;height:185px;min-height:185px" class=""> <tbody class=""><tr class=""> <td style="text-align:left;padding:15px 0px 0px 15px;vertical-align:top" class=""> </td> <td style="text-align:right;padding:15px 15px 0px 0px;vertical-align:top" class=""> <div class=""></div> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr class=""> <td class=""> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);width:95%;max-width:380px;border-width:1px 1px 3px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(224,228,233) rgb(224,228,233) rgb(0,0,0);margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto" class=""> <tbody class=""><tr class=""> <td style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);padding:16px 0px 16px 12px;vertical-align:top" class=""> </td> <td style="vertical-align:middle;padding:16px 12px;width:99%" class=""> <h2 style="font-size:16px;line-height:19px;margin:0px 0px 4px;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif" class="">New England Wireless & Steam Museum – A Non-Profit • Public • Educational • Engineering Museum</h2><p style="font-size:11px;line-height:15px;color:rgb(153,153,153)" class="">The New England Wireless and Steam Museum is an electrical and mechanical engineering museum emphasizing the beginnings of radio and steam power.</p> </td> <td style="text-align:right;padding:16px 12px 16px 0px" class=""> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </a> <button name="showInlineImageMenu" aria-label="More Menu" class=""></button></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><div class=""><a href="http://newsm.org/" target="_blank" class="">NEWSM.org</a><div class=""><a href="http://IDLENOT.com" class="">IDLENOT.com</a></div></div></div>
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