Just my opinion here: I don't mind using Facebook myself, but since some people object to it I think we should be using something else.
What about the hackers.org.il thing that Meir said? Or at the very least we can start a simple mailing list by sending a message to [email protected] (Or whatever else you'd like to call it.) Ram. On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 11:08 AM, Idan Gazit <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Jan 4, 2010, at 9:18 AM, benny daon wrote: > > > This is fun! > > > > I think we all agree on that and that you can use facebook to > > organize meetings and still be a great person (but not a great > > hacker :-). > > You know what makes you a great hacker? The shit you make, not the > tools you use. That's the one and only metric that matters. All this > talk of "hacker values?" Just talk. > > > The only problem is trying to organize a meetup of hackers on > > facebook. You've picked a place that a part of the community sees as > > enemy turf. This view is shared by many hackers world wide and is > > based on the values found in the jargon file and I'm pretty sure you > > can't convince J. Random Hacker to join a hacker group on facebook. > > A) Stop quoting the jargon file to me like I've never heard of it. ESR > is great but he is not the entirety of hackerdom. > > B) I'd be willing to bet a lot of money that mpre readers of HN don't > give a damn about using facebook than do. Case in point: even in this > thread, several J. Random Hackers thought that it's a good idea and > didn't give a damn about facebook. *I'M* J. Random Hacker and I don't > care about using facebook. QED. > > I think it will be very sad if somebody decides not to come because > they don't like my usage of facebook to post the event information. > > > There's no way around it - if you decide to keep it in facebook > > you'll lose the part of the hacker community that takes the hacker > > values seriously. > > > > Right now, all I'm losing is time, being lectured about the jargon > file and the hacker ethic as if I've never heard of either. > > If the usage of facebook offends so much then write something better > or shut up. Otherwise, I'm going to stick to the hacker ethic of > trying to MAKE SOMETHING with the tools I have at hand. > > -I > > -- > > 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]<pyweb-il%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/pyweb-il?hl=en. > > > -- Sincerely, Ram Rachum -- 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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