There are some interesting points you are raising here Rani, but. 1) Events can't be made "visible to world". 2) True, but Facebook does provide several important features, unavailable in GoogleGroups, such as Calendar & Guest tracking, and also easy promotion by users. And also it is free as opposed to Meetup.com 3) What makes GoogleGroups more open then Facebook, as you said, you need to sign in to comment on the GG page as well? 4) I think you're directing your angst at the wrong people, ask Facebook to allow "visible to world" for events, and I'm sure many of the "looked out" issues you've experienced in the past would go away.
To conclude I take personal offense in your comments. To me you seem like the snob. Here I come and give of my time and initiative, for the benifit of the group (as I calimed FB provides several importent features), and you come grumping about people "moving your cheese" (not even moving but sharing) from one free service to another. Check yourself man. On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 13:23, Rani Hod <[email protected]> wrote: > Feel free to post it wherever you see fit, but > > (a) Facebook albums/events/stuff can be set as "visible to all"; I regard > people who don't check this checkbox as either computer unsavvy, which none > of us is, or plainly inconsiderate, which none of us is. > > (b) Splitting a discussion over multiple places is sometimes problematic, > and having part of the discussion in an inaccessible location is even worse. > > (c) More than once I've seen a migration from an open platform to facebook > that began exactly like this: a mere replication of the information. Then a > facebook group is formed, and all discussion afterwards is locked away. I > care enough for PyWeb-IL to try to save it from such a misfortune. > > Please avoid the snobbish canned response "sign up to facebook, it's free" > as this is irrelevant. If I wanted to comment on the event, it's reasonable > (but often not necessary) to require an account. > But reading the invitation? Bah. > > Best, > R. > > > On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 12:34, Ahik Man <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Is there any problem with replication of the meeting invitation in other >> places? Is this one >> <http://www.whatsup.org.il/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=6450>(for >> example) is also not OK? >> >> Ahik >> >> >> >> On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 12:26 PM, Shai Berger <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> On Wednesday 05 August 2009 12:13:10 Rani Hod wrote: >>> > > We now have an event on Facebook. Please share. >>> > >>> > Oh, good. >>> > Another "you don't have a facebook account, therefore you don't exist" >>> > email. >>> > >>> +1 (on Rani, not Facebook). >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PyWeb-IL" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/pyweb-il?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
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