On Wed, 14 Dec 2011, Nick Sabalausky wrote: > "Andrei Alexandrescu" <[email protected]> wrote in message > news:[email protected]... > > On 12/14/11 1:23 PM, Nick Sabalausky wrote: > >> "Andrei Alexandrescu"<[email protected]> wrote in message > >> news:[email protected]... > >>> > >>>> It's no different from sticking "Drink Mountin Dew!" up on there. > >>> > >>> It is very different. We're _using_ Twitter, not just advertising it. > >>> > >> > >> Yes, you're using it > > > > So that's different from "Drink Mountain Dew!" > > > > Not at all. You and Walter (et al.) could go through gallons of the stuff > (to help focus on D, stay up to work on D, etc., etc., whatever) and then > you *would* be using it - but it *still* wouldn't be appropriate on the > frontpage.
However, an awful lot of developers also use twitter as one of their information discovery channels. Similar with other social networks. That a subset of people don't use it and hate that it exists doesn't change the fact that it does exist and is heavily used and is a really effective channel for connecting with those community bases. Personally, I don't use any as an output channel, I do use both twitter and facebook as input channels. They're the best way for me to stay in touch with sets of people that use those tools as their primary / only communication tools. It's not my role in life to try to change their minds. But given that I do want to stay in touch with them, I have to play the game. Similarly, it's in our communities best interest to be inclusive rather than exclusive, assuming we want the community to grow. My 2 cents, Brad
