Michael 

> On 31 Oct 2018, at 15:43, Magnus Manske via Commons-l 
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Some quick thoughts from me.
> 
> I, too, find the Facebook/Medium discussion reroute unfortunate (I'm not even 
> on Facebook), though it might help attract some more newcomers. I'm sure we 
> can find a suitable place to discuss this on-wiki, and there should be an 
> appropriate link for that.
> 
> As for the actual topic of the interview, I am glad to see an outside opinion 
> from someone who has experience with large, community-driven media 
> repositories. I might not agree with all the sentiments, and structured data 
> and out Next Big Thing did not exactly feature prominently, but I find it 
> refreshing to leave the echo chamber once in a while.
> 
> Cheers,
> Magnus
> 
>> On Wed, Oct 31, 2018 at 2:23 PM Walter Siegmund via Commons-l 
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Why should we Commons contributors participate in a discussion on Facebook, 
>> a corporation that has generated great wealth for its founder by 
>> distributing advertising that includes democracy-destroying and hate-filled 
>> propaganda? It is antithetical to the principles of most of our 
>> participants. I’m profoundly disappointed that a discussion on Facebook 
>> would be promoted by the office of GLAM and Structured Data, Wikimedia 
>> Foundation. 
>> 
>> Best wishes,
>> Walter
>> 
>> > On Oct 31, 2018, at 6:41 AM, Gnangarra via Commons-l 
>> > <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > 
>> > I too dislike the idea of having to pay to contribute to a discussion 
>> > about Wikimedia Commons.  I also see some irony in advice from a platform 
>> > that being generous can be described as having lost its way many years 
>> > ago, yes we can learn from the mistakes of others. As others have said 
>> > collectively we are capable of amazing things, we are doing something 
>> > special as we look forward we mustn't lose sight what our purpose is and 
>> > our goals are.  
>> > 
>> > Dont forget https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Structured_data 
>> > will have impact so much of what is spoken about wont be relevant 
>> > 
>> > 
>> > On Wed, 31 Oct 2018 at 21:15, Iván Hernández Cazorla via Commons-l 
>> > <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > On 31/10/18 13:08, Federico Leva (Nemo) via Commons-l wrote:
>> > > Sandra Fauconnier via Commons-l, 31/10/2018 10:58:
>> > >> Medium, where you can leave comments:
>> > > 
>> > > It's truly terrible if we're now outsourcing comments to an external
>> > > proprietary platform.
>> > 
>> > Totally agree with both of you, Federico and Fae.
>> > 
>> > I don't understand the outsourcing of comments nor the promotion from
>> > the Wikimedia Foundation of services as Facebook.
>> > 
>> > Regards,
>> > Iván
>> > -- 
>> > Iván Hernández Cazorla
>> > Historiador e interesado en las humanidades digitales
>> > Miembro de Wikimedia España
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>> > Out now: A.Gaynor, P. Newman and P. Jennings (eds.), Never Again: 
>> > Reflections on Environmental Responsibility after Roe 8, UWAP, 2017.  
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