On Tue, 2011-07-12 at 17:48 -0400, Mike Rathburn wrote: > Call me crazy, but shouldn't we have a Facebook presence?
Someone already created one http://www.facebook.com/pages/JaxLUG/50122728004 > There are bunches of LUG's all over the world with Facebook profiles, > so obviously it's not a bad or novel idea. Also millions of users and businesses, though still many that have not, and may never. > I was reading an article, and I thought it would be a good article to share > with the group, but my now instinctual method of 'liking' or sharing it > wasn't available. So, I created a Facebook account for JaxLug. You created another? Good to be proactive, but googling or posting to the list would reveal one existed already :) > Like it and follow it, or not. Doesn't matter. I like the mailing list and > will > continue to use it as long as it's available, but c'mon people. Social > Networking is not a fad, and JaxLug is, in its essence, a social network. Its not been around long enough to not be considered a necessity. Many things we thing are not fads end up being just that. Myspace is an example, which Google hopes to repeat with Google+. Even things like Linked in are great. But Silicon Valley and most companies, technologies, etc we depend on was created long before these things existed. Socialization is good, but I am not convinced its a necessity or makes people more social in person. Much less the business benefits of it all. To me all this socialization is a huge waste of time to an extent, and I do coincide it with the downfall in our economy. Only revenue models are advertising, and if your spending your time socializing, your not making money to spend on things being advertised :) > Once we get 25 folks to 'Like' it, then we can start assigning other Admins > to the profile. Existing one has 42, and I have no idea who any admin is or who created the page. I started getting email alerts at first, but have since stopped those. P.S. I am not a non conformist, but like wrt to the LUG. There is a wiki, mailing list, irc channel (which is totally empty most times), and also a facebook page. I don't see any of that really increasing things much. Just creating more to maintain and more dispersion of information in a sense. Though IRC is an ideal medium for socialization, and wrt to the LUG. Really can't suffice for to much more other than the occasional real time problem resolution. Not like its a project and people reporting bugs, usage issues, etc. Mostly just socializing chatting, with fellow LUGers. Where socialization takes place is moot, and could very well end up in a chat on facebook vs irc channel. Same difference just change in trends of what people are using ;) -- William L. Thomson Jr. Obsidian-Studios, Inc. http://www.obsidian-studios.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive http://marc.info/?l=jaxlug-list&r=1&w=2 RSS Feed http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml Unsubscribe [email protected]
