Hi there, I'm Iberê, I'm your new social media admin.
Once Linux is about meritocracy, I'm proud to thank you for having me as your social media admin. Besides meritocracy, it's also important to share experience and why I think I can help Lubuntu at social media. I have an experience of almost 10 years as a former Web Surfer, Product Manager, Project Manager and Community Manager (may vary according to my career evolution) of products such as Yahoo! Directory, Yahoo! Search, Flickr, Yahoo! Answers, Yahoo! Groups, Yahoo! Mail, GeoCities, Yahoo! Bookmarks, Delicious, Yahoo! Profiles, Yahoo! Videos and some others I don't remember now. :-) My main expertise are to deal with i18n, l10n, testing/QA, and product analysis. Now to the social media cleaning project. In a simple image: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Ibere-Fernandes/lubuntusocialmediacleaning Once we have too many official social media channels (12 if I did not miss any) and so few headcount to admin those channels, I propose to *focus* on the main project: Lubuntu, official lightweight Ubuntu flavor. Let's test it and guarantee that 14.04 is our first rock solid LTS. @Ali, please, tell us if I miss any Lubuntu official social media channels. And now how to promote Lubuntu and keep focus on fewer channels. (or the not so simple version) Yes, it's important to keep Lubuntu on social media, but it's even more important to keep our social media channels updated and relevant to Lubuntu. Why Lubuntu needs social media? Official announcements, showcase, publish how-tos, tricks/tips, recruitment of testers and anyone who might want to help build Lubuntu. Social media channels are the places where Lubuntu Team shares its identity and develop relationship with Lubuntu users. Sharing, making conversations, help to find the appropriate support channels (wikis, forums, irc channel). What are the the top social media channels according to google search? https://www.google.com.br/search?q=popular+social+media a) http://www.ebizmba.com/articles/social-networking-websites b) http://webtrends.about.com/od/socialnetworkingreviews/tp/Social-Networking-Sites.htm : be careful once it's from 2012 c) http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2475591/Twitter-overtakes-Facebook-popular-social-network-teens-according-study.html >From the above, what are the relevant social media channels to Lubuntu? By relevant I mean: what are the channels worth to promote Lubuntu and get more users downloading and using Lubuntu as a Windows alternative. Keep in mind these questions when reading the rest of this e-mail. >From my view, Facebook, Google Plus, maybe Twitter. Are teenagers relevant to Lubuntu? Yes. Are they prone to run old computers? No, they're the "touch generation". Should we open more social media channels such as LinkedIn, MySpace, Pinterest, Instagram? I do not think so. If you think so, share with us and let us know who will admin the proposed channels, what's the strategy for the new channels. So if Lubuntu Team is thinking about opening new official social media channels, please, before opening new channels, let's discuss: I) who'll manage the channel; II) would the proposed content fit in an existing channel? III) is the new social media channel relevant on the Internet to attract new users to Lubuntu as a Windows alternative? IV) is the new social media channel relevant to recruit Lubuntu team members/supporters? Should we kill some of the official social channels? (full list in the next topic) >From my view, let's kill the following (or not keep as official channels if the ones running a given channel decides to keep running it): 5) https://twitter.com/LubuntuOfficial : 558 followers. 58 tweets. We have control on that channel. Besides, the channel has not been active. 6) http://www.reddit.com/r/Lubuntu/ : 379 readers. Should stay as personal project, not official. 7) http://www.youtube.com/user/Lubuntu101: 106 subscriptions. We have control on that channel. Should stay as personal project, not official. Or kill it. 10) https://www.facebook.com/WOWLubuntu: 999 likes. Not an active sub-project. 11) https://plus.google.com/100534526082640317485/posts : 239 followers. Not an active sub-project. 12) http://wowlubuntu.blogspot.com.br/ : Not an active sub-project. The full list of Official Lubuntu Communications channels: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/eveContactUs#Find_Lubuntu 1) http://lubuntu.net/ : we do not know who's in charge of that blog. Ali's trying to communicate with the owner. Seems to be relevant according to google search and distrowatch: https://www.google.com.br/search?q=lubuntu http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=lubuntu 2) http://lubuntublog.blogspot.com.br/ : Rafael Laguna (Lubuntu artwork Team Leader) personal blog. Will it become and official channel or keep as a personal blog? @Rafael, please, we need your input. 3) https://www.facebook.com/Lubuntu.Official.Page : 82681 Facebook users like this. We have control on that channel. Keep this channel. Lots of likes/followers. Work as official announcements. 4) https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/106362800741775815583/106362800741775815583/posts : 3795 G+ users are following that page. We have control on that channel. Work as official announcements. 5) https://twitter.com/LubuntuOfficial : 558 followers. 58 tweets. We have control on that channel. 6) http://www.reddit.com/r/Lubuntu/ : 379 readers. 7) http://www.youtube.com/user/Lubuntu101: 106 subscriptions. We have control on that channel. There're more: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/ContactUs#See_Also 8) https://www.facebook.com/groups/lubuntu.official/ : Official group at Facebook. 800 members. Keep this channel. Lots of likes/followers. Used for showcase, Lubuntu tips/tricks, redirect users to the correct support channels. 9) https://plus.google.com/communities/102737741860934586009 : 572 members. The same use as #7. And there're even more: 10) https://www.facebook.com/WOWLubuntu: 999 likes. Sub-project of Lubuntu Communications. 11) https://plus.google.com/100534526082640317485/posts : 239 followers. Sub-project of Lubuntu Communications. 12) http://wowlubuntu.blogspot.com.br/ : not an active channel. Sub-project of Lubuntu Communications. @David Yentzen <[email protected]> wants to take care of that channel since november 2nd. However nothing has changed on the blog. @David, we need your confirmation, otherwise, closing channel. 13) http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=lubuntu+screencast : Leslek personal screencasts on Lubuntu. Although it's kind of old, there're still some good info on those screencasts. Check the views of each of them. Should stay as personal project unless Leslek would like to become our official You Tube channel. @Leslek, we need your input. Once this e-mail is too long, I think 10 days (november 22nd) are ok until everybody insterested replies. Best regards, -- https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Ibere-Fernandes -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-comms Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-comms More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
