Thanks, Ian. I think this is a great idea. On Fri, May 24, 2024 at 10:05 AM Ian Cook <ianmc...@apache.org> wrote:
> Following the discussion [1] earlier this year about the status of the > Apache Arrow Twitter / X account [2], I have seen several news stories > citing declines in use of X and increases in use of LinkedIn (for example > [3]). Anecdotally I have seen that the types of conversations about open > source data technologies that in the past would have taken place on Twitter > are now often taking place on Linkedin. > > Many other ASF projects now have LinkedIn pages ([4][5][6][7] to name a > few). LinkedIn does not provide a type of account or page specifically for > open source projects, but the norm among other ASF projects is to use > LinkedIn company pages. It appears that a company page is the only suitable > type of LinkedIn page for this purpose. > > After reviewing the ASF best practices for project social media accounts > [8], I created a LinkedIn company page for Apache Arrow [9]. I configured > the page so that the hyphen in the URL is optional; the > unhyphenated version redirects to the hyphenated version. > > Permissions for LinkedIn company pages are managed by assigning roles for > the page to one or more LinkedIn user accounts. There are no credentials to > be shared. I assigned Raúl Cumplido's LinkedIn account as superadmin user > for this page. Raúl is a member of the PMC and is the person who currently > manages our X account. My LinkedIn account is secure and I have verified > with Raúl that his LinkedIn account is secure (strong password used, MFA > enabled). > > As discussed in [1], this page could be used to cross-post the same content > that is currently being posted to X. For now this can be done manually; > perhaps later we can use a syndication tool. This page also gives LinkedIn > users the ability to tag "@Apache Arrow" in their LinkedIn posts, comments, > and articles. > > I invite further discussion on the use of this LinkedIn page. > > Thank you, > Ian > > [1] https://lists.apache.org/thread/nyoq9t114t2ko8f3jflzn9dzcsljvptq > [2] https://x.com/ApacheArrow > [3] > > https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/28/linkedin-targets-users-caught-between-tiktok-and-twitter-world-games-videos/ > [4] https://www.linkedin.com/company/apacheiceberg/ > [5] https://www.linkedin.com/company/apache-hudi/ > [6] https://www.linkedin.com/company/apachespark/ > [7] https://www.linkedin.com/company/doris-apache/ > [8] https://www.apache.org/foundation/marks/socialmedia > [9] https://www.linkedin.com/company/apache-arrow >
