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<p>[QUOTE="lehmansterms, post: 3456128, member: 80804"]As the current owner of Uncleaned Ancient Coins (among other yahoo groups) I must take some exception to calling UAC "defunct". True, traffic is way down from the heyday of the early aughts, but UAC and sibling group Ancient Peddler are still alive. Ancient Peddler still runs its friendly Sunday afternoon auctions successfully on alternating Sundays and a core group of friends who have been together for over a decade are still active and mutually supportive. As has always been the case, there is a great deal of overlap between the memberships of UAC & AP. Although I have proposed merging the two groups formally, enough folks like things the way they are for the two groups to continue, each in its own niche.</p><p>Social media may grind inexorably onward, but ya know, some people still write personal letters on paper and call old friends on - clutch the pearls! - landline phones, too. Many folks still like the "open-ended chat" format of full-group communication by email.</p><p>I'd term it just a bit premature to count things as "down and out" until they actually end.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lehmansterms, post: 3456128, member: 80804"]As the current owner of Uncleaned Ancient Coins (among other yahoo groups) I must take some exception to calling UAC "defunct". True, traffic is way down from the heyday of the early aughts, but UAC and sibling group Ancient Peddler are still alive. Ancient Peddler still runs its friendly Sunday afternoon auctions successfully on alternating Sundays and a core group of friends who have been together for over a decade are still active and mutually supportive. As has always been the case, there is a great deal of overlap between the memberships of UAC & AP. Although I have proposed merging the two groups formally, enough folks like things the way they are for the two groups to continue, each in its own niche. Social media may grind inexorably onward, but ya know, some people still write personal letters on paper and call old friends on - clutch the pearls! - landline phones, too. Many folks still like the "open-ended chat" format of full-group communication by email. I'd term it just a bit premature to count things as "down and out" until they actually end.[/QUOTE]
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