hi,
Even other FOSS events in India like the upcoming Python conference, PyCon (
http://in.pycon.org/2011/) is using such venues as Twitter (they have a
twitter account!). FOSS.in was also on Twitter (again, with an account! -
http://twitter.com/fossdotin).
Given these two examples (there might be more), I wonder why we should not
use Twitter as well.
I am doubtful if there are pushing technologies when we do not have
accounts, where all we're doing is watching conversations around the hashtag
#wci11 and help if such help is needed. These are people already on Twitter
whom we're trying to help. Also, to engage them in ways that will have them
take a look at Wikipedia and maybe one day edit!
Also said, I am happy that this discussion did take place. These suggestions
are points for us (in the free community) to consider. Perhaps, a few of us
will try services such as identi.ca, if not anything else. If there are
interested developers here, the mobile version for identi.ca does need a lot
of work on.
warm regards,
Pradeep Mohandas
On 15 September 2011 12:40, Srikanth Lakshmanan <srik.lak(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 16:48, Nagarjuna G <nagarjun(a)gnowgi.org> wrote:
There are technical ways to push messages to the popular proprietary
social media like facebook and twitter. Therefore you do not loose anyone,
but at the same time we can also push a message about free social media,
which is in the larger interest of free knowledge community.
Agree with you that tecnical solutions exist, but then we are not the only
one to use "proprietary social media". So its not bad using it. Everyone
uses it, be it Jimmy or events like Wikimania. The primary intent is to
reach out and in a simple way. Well as i mentioned before, If you want help
out spreading the word by using free media, you are more than welcome.
Lets not also get paranoid about Free stuff, which case the conference
needs to have a hotel which only uses Free stuff (right from bubble top
water,everything is proprietary) and so on. Lets get real, while we support
free culture, we need not always be living for it.
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