Groups.io
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Groups.io is an electronic mailing list software, created by Mark Fletcher in 2014. Its headquarters are in Portola Valley, California. Fetcher had previously created ONElist in 1998, which merged with eGroups, and was then acquired by Yahoo to be turned Yahoo Groups. The group is intended as an open source, free use platform.[1]
Groups.io was introduced in 2014 in beta and has since grown to about 2.8 million visits per month.[2] Described as a freemium product, it provides an initial free service with paid additional features such as extra storage space, beyond the free one gigabyte, adding members directly, event tracking, and page customisation.[3]
Fletcher described his reasons for creating the new program as follows:
Yahoo Groups and Google Groups both exude the dank air of benign neglect. Google Groups hasn’t been updated in years, and some of Yahoo’s recent changes have actually made Yahoo Groups worse! And yet, millions of people put up with this uncertainty and neglect, because email groups are still one of the best ways to communicate with groups of people. And I have a plan to make them even better.''[3]
A mobile phone app has been developed for Android[4] and Apple devices[5] as an alternative to using the web interface or email management of messages.
Reception[edit]
Reviews of the program have been positive, although there are few independent reviews. Chris Leong remarked that:
Overall, Groups.io steps in to fill a much neglected gap in the market. Mailing lists can still be incredibly valuable as a means of communication, and it is wonderful to see them being adapted in response to ideas popularised by newer web apps.[6]
The Linux Foundation prefers groups .io for its mailing list management because:
The next best alternatives we are aware either have issues scaling to diverse, world-wide communities, or are more like "forum with email notification" solutions – which can still be a great fit for your community for public Q&A and support, but don't provide basic distribution list functionality, especially for private lists.[7]
Similarweb automated appraisal indicates that groups.io is a predominantly English user program, with most of its users in the USA and Britain and with an average of about three million visits per month.[8]
References[edit]
- ↑ Fletcher, Mark (2014-09-23). "Introducing Groups.io". Mark Fletcher's Blog. Retrieved 2020-09-11.
- ↑ Similar Web
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Life Hack
- ↑ Google Play Store Groups.io Web App
- ↑ Apple App Store Preview
- ↑ Chris Leong Groups.io — A modern take on Google Groups Oct 11, 2014
- ↑ Lunux Foundation Confluence, Groups.io, Eric Searcy, Tim Fong 24 July 2020
- ↑ Similarweb, website ranking
External links[edit]
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