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Brad Roberts
braddr at slice-2.puremagic.com
Wed Dec 14 18:09:33 PST 2011
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
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