I think we need to consider some simple facts. Between group hosting providers NONE seems to have a monopoly on MOST popular “features”. Paid group funds pay ALL Groups.io bills and are the

That is a very good point and one that occurred to me as well. There can be owners of unpaid groups who've been around a long time and are very familiar with the product and capable of making

i think any method that eliminates, or separates, unpaid groups from contributing feature requests is both inefficient and harmful to the desired end result. Are requests from paid groups

Seems to me they're waiting either way. Actually a bit longer for attachments due to the overhead. Either can be done in the background, if wanted. Duane

It's a large file, remember? They have to wait for the download, before they can see it. With an attachment, it is already downloaded.

This is not appropriate for beta. Closing. Mark

Hi Mark, Yes, there have to be rules, but these reflect the nature of any real discussion if they are phrased in a way that reflects the views of a reasonable person (legal term). So I suggest that

I've been around here for a while now; just about two weeks shy of five years if beta's records are correct. I've learned a lot and I occasionally throw a comment into a discussion. Some days it

Ronaldo One can also close the thread, as Mark has done on others. And PS I’ve been moderating and owning for 27 years. Susan B

Susan, a thread ends when nobody contributes to it anymore. Netiquette says that you don't have a discussion about whether to discuss a topic, and especially not on-list On groups.io, if you are fed

I would like to apologize for approving this message. This is not the type of atmosphere I'd like to foster here on beta. Thanks to the people who called me on this. I was wrong. Mark

Mark, I like your idea. Susan B

I just want to register my support for this proposal to use Beta as you describe and drop Canny. It has the added advantage that anyone on Beta who happens to spot a problem with a proposal can draw

Duane's post should have been quite enough to explain the history behind the name "GMF". That apart, the group's name is under the control of its Owners (& Moderators, I dare say!) not Groups.io. As

Gerald, I see. But Freeloader is not a humorous term. Maybe you can adopt Catlady’s term “non-Premium” groups. Susan B

Could we stop discussing changing this group’s name and go back to discussions of groups.io issues? I think it is past time for Mark to close this thread!!

DLTDHYITA..... Chuck

True. And when you think about it logically, using the broad term "conspiracy theory" to rule out groups creates no problem in the way of discouraging groups from applying who might otherwise apply.

I also do think that GMF could be renamed to better reflect its non-ties to GIO, plus more closely align itself with the forgotten group, Group-Help. Personally, if you are going to have

And therein lies the problem. Some of the ideas you mention (such as chemtrails) are seen by most as disinformation from the tinfoil hat crowd. Trying to define these things is difficult because of