Looking at the TOC, I think the one by Loyola University's associate professor, seems like a better introduction.
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No one has invented anything new in this regard, since then.
My gripe with secondarily calling your site "mobile web" while you primarily set it up as an "app", has its precedence in how Internet content increasingly being sold as a product by going after a specific market, all at the expense of the overall Internet itself.
That's a turn off actually.
Just tried your service. It's not bad. You are exporting CSV but not importing it.
Small as in 24.8 MB. That's not small.
But, how do I insert an image from my computer as the layer?
I communicate with someone consistently who does not like to type. So, you may have a good use case.
Your website has 90s look. It gives a look of a shaddy service. Doesn't look serious or even professional.
That is what I think. You asked for it.
I am not a business user but I look at these things as an average Internet user (and I am just generally interested). I believe Yahoogroups and Googlegroups are serving a specific purpose and need of average user. That is, to provide them with group-communication mechanism.
The reason why email is still popular and will remains so, is because email fills the basic and primary human need of direct (one to one) communication. The listserv on the other hand, also serve the basic and primary human need of group (one to many) communication.
I think the fundamental reason why email and listserv have stayed the way they have, is because they don't necessarily need much tinkering. So ultimately, it all comes down to where users get used to. We have adopted emails, listserv and now Facebook, as part of our communication platform evolution.
Facebook is an oddball because it supposedly does so much more (and there is lot of smokes and mirror on what exactly it does). The reason why I see people adopting Facebook Group (over Yahoo and Google) is because Yahoo and Google are probably unconsciously letting go of their hold on listserv needs of people.
But all of these companies are too big. A small or new company may come along attempting to disrupt the status quo. The problem as is I see it, is that chicken/egg thing. How can you raise yourself above Yahoo/Google/Facebook hold without disrupting the price model and still able to maintain yourself? That to me is a difficult question. You ultimately can't really win by having few users, even if they are dedicated. You need a whole lot of users.
Are you competing with Yahoo and Google?
Your website doesn't show how you're sustaining it.
I am a daily user of Yahoogroups and know several others who are in the same boat, therefore I naturally became curious seeing your service. I have been noticing a trend of Facebook Groups eating up Yahoo and Google's lunch, while the average Internet user slowly adopt Facebook as their primary communication tool.
If one builds it properly, Facebook is a good replacement for email's Address Book. Beyond that, it is not much more.
I am not removing myself, nor even going to delete from Facebook, because ultimately, it all boils down to how we can manage ourselves with discipline.
From an average user perspective, I tested both uBlock and SB. I used uBlock with Ghostery. They both seem fine and easy to work with. I then installed SB on its own (disabling uBlock and Ghostery). I did not like the results. Out of the box, without changing any settings, I was seeing Ads images on Facebook and other places.
I am going to stick with uBlock and Ghostery for now. I am happy to see your efforts with uBlock/SB. I hope you get to a point where you can have single product in a simplified manner so even an average user could use it without worrying about anything technical.