On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 5:43 PM, shreekant bohra <[email protected]>wrote:
> Facebook is making communities - Lots of Linux users are now interacting on >> facebook - > > Please Join and have a facebook IRC - >> http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_123580221032826&ap=1 > > Lets discuss how we can use this new platform for Linux adaptation and >> promotion purpose > > >> > Narendra, > > I highly oppose this. Facebook is a closed platform, why you want to move > all open discussion there. And we can't take it granted that everyone has a > facebook account. IRC, mailing lists are already working well for open > discussion, then why the need of a facebook group? > Sorry, I just couldn't get it. Please explain more if you think this isn't > that bad. > > Cheers > -- > Shree Kant Bohra > Let the Source be open > www.geekybuddha.org > SriKant I agree and to a extent I try to be purist like RMS but this is a continuous process. for example the day i started I was having flash on my system but now from last 2-3 year do not use flash at all not even open source version. LUG discussions are will be there but there is a huge audience present on Facebook and faceook has introduced a group chat IRC feature. This we can use for community building process. So First add them and then teach them. If we become so much strict like * We must own a server. Server must no have cpanel and other propietary tools, Server provider must use HTML5 to give you service and then on top of that server we install mailmen and all software and Identica and expect user to come and join and become part of this. This is just for simple discussion who already there on facebook. This is not a unified IRC for all Indians..moreover its public, we will explore more. -- l...@iitd - http://tinyurl.com/ycueutm
