-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, 19 Mar 2009 11:28:33 +1100 Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) <ras...@rasterman.com> wrote:
> has anyone noticed... we have a mailing list... irc channel - for different > purposes. one for instant chat, one for this kind of thing... > > now "flavor of the month" social networking sits split everyone more. people > speak of "dont split the community". this does just that. facebook is a subset > of the internet userbase. what about friendster? orkut? myspace? need i go on > with the dozens of "social networking" sites we then all have to create "e > groups/users/whatever" on. > > i dont say no - but i am raising the warning flag of just trying to be trendy. > you are opening a pandoras box. i know i have gotten tired of these things. i > get linked in and facebook invites almost daily. i'm tried of just clicking > the > link saying "yes" or going "who the hell are you - i don't know you?" and then > proceeding to ignore the social network as almost no one actually uses it > (other than trying to get their friend count higher to make them feel good). > > i know that i, for one, am not into the idea of having to "log in with my > browser" to N different social networking sites each day just to "keep up with > forums/messages/requests etc.". even a "web forum" is utterly annoying > compared > to a normal mailing list run by a proper mail client with good threading. i > just dont bother participating in even the web forums we ourselves had on > e.org due to the fact that they just split the community and conversation, > take > extra time and effort to deal with on top of email, and also provide a far > inferior usability level thus discouraging me at least from bothering ( > > so by opening this pandoras box... you are doing a similar thing. you're > thinning the community. > > so don't let me put a dampener on the whole social fun thing, but after years > of linked in and facebook invites flooding my inbox and mostly amounting to > nothing (or just more "join in a pointless facebook app like send a drink or > send a kiss or send-a-hug or god knows what else...), i'm "over it". it's a > time sink that removes whatever time i would have had for doing actual > development :). for some of you this might be all new and shiny... but me > - i happily skulk back to my email and irc windows :) > > (maybe.. we just need to be better about promoting/making it easy to use > these?) Thank you for your reply. I understand your point of view, so I'll try to explain better mine. 0) There's no doubt that our primary ways to communicate are IRC and mails; 1) Imho integrating IRC and mails with some social networks it's not splitting the community, because the target audience isn't the same; 2) The use of social networks it is just for a "presence": quick replies can be done in place (now i'm thinking about facebook), but other conversations must be redirected to 0); In general when I think about a way to grow the community, I keep always in mind the flow of the informations: our generate the info, people are notified about it, and the info points to the right place where discuss about. Thx again Massimiliano - -- Massimiliano Calamelli http://www.mcalamelli.net mcalame...@gmail.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (MingW32) iD8DBQFJwh1CleGEL56NNP4RAlQGAJ9KdzMrXUC2Q/85+OjzyP05Nw6m3QCdEgx8 mCE+K2ew1zWC0tyHaqqCMhs= =DeTR -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Apps built with the Adobe(R) Flex(R) framework and Flex Builder(TM) are powering Web 2.0 with engaging, cross-platform capabilities. Quickly and easily build your RIAs with Flex Builder, the Eclipse(TM)based development software that enables intelligent coding and step-through debugging. Download the free 60 day trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-adobe-com _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
