On Wed, 2012-04-11 at 17:43 +0200, Roberto Galoppini wrote: > On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 4:09 PM, Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> wrote: > > > Social media outreach, via Twitter, Facebook, Google+, etc., is an > > important part of outreach to users. Although the Apache developer > > community is firmly rooted in mailing lists, we know that our users > > live in a different world. If we want to engage with them we need to > > use the tools that they use, and communicate the way they communicate. > > > > Now that we're very close to the AOO 3.4 release, I'd like to start > > with a project Twitter account, under PPMC control. > > > > By "under PPMC control" I mean something similar to how we treat the > > project blog: > > > > -- Any PPMC member, upon request, can have write access. > > > > -- We can use the project's official logo in conjunction with the account. > > > > -- We would promote the account on our project's website. > > > > -- We would generally treat the account as an official voice of the > > project, not as a personal account. > > > > I'm not saying we need to pre-review and and approve every "tweet" > > sent through the account. But we should set expectations that the > > account is to be used in a professional fashion, upholding the > > standards of this project, not used to settle personal disputes, to > > promote personal business, etc. > > > > An option could be to agree on a simple guideline for that, so that > everyone knows how to handle it. I'm thinking not only about the style of > communication, but also about who to follow, how to engage in > conversations, improve outreach, etc. > > > > There are already several Twitter accounts that use the OOo name or > > trademarks: > > > > http://twitter.com/#!/openofficeorg --- This account has 1571 > > followers. But it is not sharing any AOO status, no links to blog > > posts, announcements, etc. Who controls it? Are > > we able to get it under PPMC control? Can we rebrand it as Apache > > OpenOffice? > > > > That could be a good starting point, I think. It seems like if you're the > only one who can send DM to the actual owner's account. > > > > > > http://twitter.com/#!/openoffice -- This account seems unused. Only one > > tweet. > > > > I'd try to get that it too. It's better than ApacheOO, and you might want > to put the full name in the Settings > Account > Name. > Hi Roberto, Rob
I just did so now, and followed up with an email to the account contact in the whois database for the domain listed, the linked sub-domain has been dead for a while IIRC, though the main site is alive - anyway, I'll report back when (or if) I hear anything back. //drew <snip>
