On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 9:55 AM, Noorul Islam K M <[email protected]> wrote:
>> The devils advocate speaking:
>> 1. What is a unit of conversation on facebook/g+/other tools that you have
>> in mind? Can it be archived and searched conveniently?
>> 2. How do you plan to move the existing conversations from the list to the
>> new tool
>> 3. When there are no volunteers here, how do you expect to have more
>> volunteers in facebook?
>>
>> I think what we need is a presence on facebook, and someone taking up to
>> updating it regularly, to garner more eyeballs and potential volunteers to
>> join the mother list. IMHO, social networks have not replaced mailing lists
>> yet. Far from providing migrating tools.
>>
>
> I have not seen any tech community flourishing on Facebook. I might be
> wrong.

My view - I'd probably not go to FB for such lists. FB is far more
casual and free for all. I opine it will not work well for such a
group. I think FB cannot be moderated either. FB is definitely a great
place to attract youngsters.

We must use FB collaboratively with our mailing list and not replace
one with another.

-- Mohan Sundaram
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