I'm not offended -- mild disgust would be a more accurate way of putting it.
Community outreach is a great thing. But this is pretend community outreach -- it's tantamount to saying "we're only interested in you as a member of our community if you are willing to become a part of Facebook's product inventory." That pretty effectively slices large swathes out of the participatory community right away, either because they don't use computers, don't use social networks, or just won't use Facebook. Can you participate in any of this without being on Facebook? I'd bet money that you can, and if anybody criticizes them publicly for the Facebook only presentation, I'm sure that will come out and be made explicit; but the fact is that they're not telling you of any other way you can participate other than making a Facebook-mediated connection via their forums. >From a technical perspective, there's no reason for that. You can use OpenID tools to facilitate login via any number of social networking providers and technically that's probably just as easy to implement as a facebook-only login. But Facebook has struck a lot of big-content-provider deals, so from the perspective of someone who comes to this site, sees the D&C domain, and notices that it's all Facebook-only, this looks like Gannett taking its cut for being the host and technology provider. Which, if so, would be a great illustration of why it's not usually a good idea to rely on the largesse of a commercial content provider. On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 2:12 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Wow, my statement below was meant to be funny, but apparently it hit a > nerve. > "Rude and stupid" seems a bit strong, given that this is just a fun way for > Writers & Books and the D&C to team up and encourage some writing -- and > reach out to the Facebook crowd. > If a Writer's & Books campaign required me to eat at McDonald's, I would > simply not participate. I wouldn't be offended by it. > > ---- Eric Scoles <[email protected]> wrote: > > Sure. And many more who are very choosy about what they give to Facebook. > > > > It's insanely rude and stupid to mount a community-involvement campaign > > using only Facebook. For that reason alone, AFAIAC, they don't deserve > the > > endorsement of my attention. > > > > Look at it this way: If the campaign required you to eat at McDonalds in > > order to participate, would you think that was OK? This is really not > much > > different. > > > > > > > > On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 1:00 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Wait...what? Are there still people who are not on facebook yet? > > > ;-) > > > > > > ---- Eric Scoles <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Alas, the only way you can play with ArtDrop is via Facebook. No > other > > > > options, apparently. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 11:36 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Maybe some of you authors from 2034 would be interested in posting > your > > > > > stories. 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