<br><div class="gmail_quote">In the recent announcement about the wikimedia conference I saw this:<br><i><br>Social Media<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Facebook and Linkedin event pages, and official Twitter account<br>
<br></i>Mediawiki as a media technology does not belong there. It is not the outcome and end that this group should be interested in, but also means of getting there. <br>
<br>I personally think we should encourage and use the free software alternatives like <a href="http://identi.ca" target="_blank">identi.ca</a>, diaspora so that the event takes an opportunity to promote these media which protects user's freedom. <br>
<br>By linking your account to other facebook or twitter followers to <a href="http://identi.ca" target="_blank">identi.ca</a> account you will help tell the world that microblogging can be done with free software as well and your event supports/sponsors <a href="http://identi.ca" target="_blank">identi.ca</a>. <br>
<br>I do hope the mediawiki conference supports free social media and uses this occasion to spread this message among the wikimedians.<br><font color="#888888"><br>--<br>GN<br><br>
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