On 9 March 2011 15:51, Fabian A. Scherschel <fab@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Oh, yeah, I know that. Sorry. What I was trying to say was that we shouldn't > neglect microblogging because I think it could be a very good PR resource > for us. Sorry if I was unclear.... > Fab > > > > On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 4:48 PM, Paul W. Frields <stickster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> On Wed, Mar 09, 2011 at 04:27:16PM +0100, Fabian A. Scherschel wrote: >> > Hi, Paul! >> > >> > On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 1:19 PM, Paul W. Frields <stickster@xxxxxxxxx> >> > wrote: >> > >> > > >> > > Robyn, there is a microblogging SOP already written on the wiki: >> > > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Status_and_microblogging_SOP >> > >> > >> > From that page: >> > >> > While this is not necessarily the target audience for the >> > distribution<http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User_base>, >> > it is important to fit our messages to our perceived audience for the >> > medium >> > of microblogging. >> > >> > Comparing that to: >> > >> > >> > - Voluntary Linux >> > >> > consumer<http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User_base_-_voluntary_Linux_consumer> >> > - >> > Computer-friendly<http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User_base_-_computer-friendly> >> > - Likely >> > collaborator<http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User_base_-_likely_collaborator> >> > - General productivity >> > >> > user<http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User_base_-_general_productivity_user> >> > >> > >> > I would say that especially identi.ca (from my experience there, I admit >> > my >> > personal feed is pretty pre-selected but nonetheless) fits all of these >> > to a >> > great extend. I think especially identi.ca can be an awesome PR tool for >> > Fedora. I personally got probably 20+ people on there trying Fedora in >> > the >> > last 3 months alone. It's a very friendly audience to our cause. :) >> >> Hi Fab, >> >> We already use identi.ca as our source for microblogging. It feeds to >> our Twitter account. >> >> -- >> Paul W. Frields http://paul.frields.org/ >> gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717 >> http://redhat.com/ - - - - http://pfrields.fedorapeople.org/ >> Where open source multiplies: http://opensource.com >> -- >> marketing mailing list >> marketing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing > > > -- > marketing mailing list > marketing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing > The lack of microblogging was more down to the technical difficulties we were having trying to find an alternative to HootSuite's collaboration services, I think. I'm liking the idea of using a Drupal module with FAS integration - How long will it take to get something like that in place? This lack of a collaboration feature is certainly a niche in the market ... Thanks, -- Luke Slater :O) -- marketing mailing list marketing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing
