On Mar 16, 2010, at 11:17 AM, Silvia Rusu wrote: > > > Sergiu Dumitriu-2 wrote: >> >> >> I don't like our current @XWiki Twitter account, so I'd be -1 for >> promoting it. Another (English) account which would just mirror blog >> posts would be good, though. >> >> > > Hi, > > I'm going to make the same case for Twitter I made on the Incubator :) > > I'm +1 for a dedicated xwiki.org Twitter account. The account could serve > both the purpose of a communication channel and helping our existing and > potential users find their way around XWiki.org: > > As a communication channel the account could be used to broadcast: > > * XWiki releases and news > * XWiki events that the community may take an interest in > * XWiki.org blog posts > * Tips about using XWiki > * The latest XWiki contributions > * OS events and news > > Answering questions and approaching potential users: > > * The go to place for existing and potential users that are not inclined > to use the lists to address questions about XWiki. > * Attract new users by introducing them to XWiki. These are people > already searching for an open source wiki, asking for recommendations on > Twitter. Their needs could be met by XWiki products, applications, etc., but > they haven't yet heard of the project. > > WDYT?
I really really don't like this (I'm -1 for now on a twitter account like defined above). First it's hard to share the credentials with all committers, second we should not increase the number of channels we use since we'll just neglect them. We need to use more our existing channels: blogs, mailing lists. I'd much prefer an announcement mailing list and then if someone wants to do it, you could automate a twitter account to take info from that mailing list and publish it on twitter. Automation is fine since it's low maintenance. Thanks -Vincent _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
