the favorit social media site in Brazil is Orkut. Far far more popular than facebook. If you wish to have a strong social media presence there, you'll have to be present on that.
cheers, Balázs 2013.03.16. 14:17, "Everton Zanella Alvarenga" <[email protected]> ezt írta: > On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 4:17 AM, Fabrice Florin <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > I'm so happy for everyone -- particularly for all the folks in the > > developing world who are now getting access to free knowledge they > wouldn't > > otherwise have. > > This news was posted on facebook and a guy from Angola just asked when > it will be available there for the Portuguese Wikipedia as well > > > https://www.facebook.com/wikipediapt/posts/228266030650914?comment_id=947903&offset=0&total_comments=2 > > Kul, maybe it would be more useful for Angola and Mozambique than the > Banana Republic. :) > > When I do the hangouts with Angolans and Mozambicans (on my spare > time, sure), [Note] I'll analyse this to have a better insight. ;) > > Tom > > [Note] The statistics of a facebook page (led by volunteers) of the > Portuguese Wikipedia [1] has shown some curious numbers because > people who usually like it are from Luanda and Maputo cities in > Africa, I've shared this information with some wikipedians [2] > (obviously further analysis on this data with other methods is > necessary) and invited experienced editors to participate of google > hangouts where we are going to invite people from these countries to > explain about Wikipedia and the Education Program. [3] > > Just to you have an idea, Luanda (population ~5 mi) has about 1.700 > people who liked it, Maputo (pop. ~1.2 mi) 750, followed by São Paulo > (pop. 11.3 mi) and Rio de Janeiro (6.2 mi) with 230 and 180, > respectively. Maybe there is some bias on facebook we cannot have > access to, but it will be really interesting to try to figure out that > and the videos of these hangout can also be really interesting to try > to understand how people in these countries use Wikipedia. A mobile > project in these countries could also be interesting, but not sure if > we can have it in the short term. > > I'll try to do these hangouts withe them, [3] anyone here is welcome to > help. > > [1] https://www.facebook.com/wikipediapt > > [2] > http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Esplanada/geral/Estat%C3%ADsticas_sobre_a_Wikip%C3%A9dia_lus%C3%B3fona_atrav%C3%A9s_do_facebook_e_Programa_de_Educa%C3%A7%C3%A3o_na_%C3%81frica_(22fev2013) > > [3] > http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Esplanada/propostas/Web_confer%C3%AAncia_sobre_a_Wikip%C3%A9dia_e_o_programa_de_educa%C3%A7%C3%A3o_com_leitores_de_Angola_e_Mo%C3%A7ambique_(22fev2013) > > -- > Everton Zanella Alvarenga (also Tom) > "A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful > than a life spent doing nothing." > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
