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[Brad Roberts]

On Wed, 14 Dec 2011, Nick Sabalausky wrote:

> "Andrei Alexandrescu" <SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org> wrote in message 
> news:jcb1r3$2gs9$2 at digitalmars.com...
> > On 12/14/11 1:23 PM, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
> >> "Andrei Alexandrescu"<SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org>  wrote in message
> >> news:jcan2h$1s6e$1 at digitalmars.com...
> >>>
> >>>> It's no different from sticking "Drink Mountin Dew!" up on there.
> >>>
> >>> It is very different. We're _using_ Twitter, not just advertising it.
> >>>
> >>
> >> Yes, you're using it
> >
> > So that's different from "Drink Mountain Dew!"
> >
> 
> Not at all. You and Walter (et al.) could go through gallons of the stuff 
> (to help focus on D, stay up to work on D, etc., etc., whatever) and then 
> you *would* be using it - but it *still* wouldn't be appropriate on the 
> frontpage.

However, an awful lot of developers also use twitter as one of their 
information discovery channels.  Similar with other social networks.  That 
a subset of people don't use it and hate that it exists doesn't change the 
fact that it does exist and is heavily used and is a really effective 
channel for connecting with those community bases.

Personally, I don't use any as an output channel, I do use both twitter 
and facebook as input channels.  They're the best way for me to stay in 
touch with sets of people that use those tools as their primary / only
communication tools.  It's not my role in life to try to change their 
minds.  But given that I do want to stay in touch with them, I 
have to play the game.  Similarly, it's in our communities best interest 
to be inclusive rather than exclusive, assuming we want the community to 
grow.

My 2 cents,
Brad