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Hi,
sorry for the late reply to this thread.
On 17/03/2018 08:24, Liam Wyatt wrote:
> “we encourage you to consider tools which block unwanted third-party
> scripts like the one provided by Facebook.”
> - where can I go to learn more about that specifically?
Here's two browser add-ons (free
> On 10 Apr 2018, at 9.58, Michael Snow wrote:
>
> On 4/9/2018 11:14 PM, Leinonen Teemu wrote:
>>> On 10 Apr 2018, at 7.02, Erik Moeller wrote:
>>> Wikimedia projects are social networks, but they are purpose-driven
>>> social networks [1] where
My kneejerk response was to reject this idea, but it's at least worth
considering;
Working on wikimedia feels productive because permanent artefacts are
produced - articles etc - but these are a direct product of the community
around them. Better community tools will produce better outputs and
If we want to improve the situation, I think one of the simplest things
to do would be to increase the presence of WMF and Wikipedia on the
Federation and Fediverse networks-of-networks. For a start, we could
just be cross-posting from the WMF blog officially.
And I don't think we need a
what i see is that developing a full FB type network is outside the current
scope and capacity of the movement and will probably remain there. There
is always room for further development of tools for user and talk pages the
will enhance collaborative activities.
I also think that at some stage
Unlike Erik, I don't think an open alternative to Facebook will emerge, the
inertia at this point is too big and you would need a huge critical mass of
people (and organizations) to make it useful. Hard to attain. The only
contender on the long run to FB could be reddit, because they seem to be
On 4/9/2018 11:14 PM, Leinonen Teemu wrote:
On 10 Apr 2018, at 7.02, Erik Moeller wrote:
Wikimedia projects are social networks, but they are purpose-driven
social networks [1] where participants are more strongly connected
through their overlapping interests than through
> On 10 Apr 2018, at 7.02, Erik Moeller wrote:
> Wikimedia projects are social networks, but they are purpose-driven
> social networks [1] where participants are more strongly connected
> through their overlapping interests than through pre-existing social
> connections.
I
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