[Ubuntu-SG] Forked: Facebook groups & pages

[Ho Yi Hao Pipat]

Hmm, how about making this whole thing easier?

I volunteer to handle Ubuntu.sg online stuff~

So everything online shall handle?

Any comments or idea?
With regards,
Yi Hao

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yihao.ho at gmail.com
yihao at statick.sg

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Singapore's Premier Entertainment site.


On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 5:12 PM, Chen Xiangpeng <xp at xp.sg> wrote:

> I've invited a few ubuntu using friends to join the group. I think our
> profile is way too low :P
>
> XP
>
> On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 17:02, Muhammad Heidir <md.heidir at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 2010-06-01 at 16:40 +0800, C David Rigby wrote:
>> > [It's going to drive me nuts trying to read a thread that combines so
>> > many different topics. So...]
>> >
>> > Heidir wrote:
>> >
>> > In fact I just checked, there are 3 Facebook pages.
>> >
>> > Original:
>> >
>> http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=31239604821&ref=search&sid=ohR01mwbQ5ULp5SMN4Qcyg.3125030145..1
>> > Fork:
>> >
>> http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ubuntu-Singapore/323876166376?ref=search&sid=ohR01mwbQ5ULp5SMN4Qcyg.3125030145..1
>> >
>> > Fork:
>> >
>> http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=293160606769&ref=search&sid=ohR01mwbQ5ULp5SMN4Qcyg.3125030145..1
>> >
>> > XP wrote:
>> >
>> > http://www.allfacebook.com/2010/02/facebook-groups-pages/
>> >
>> > My $0.02:
>> >
>> > Let's ask the 2nd fork, Team Ubuntu Singapore (TUSG) to join "us". We
>> > can make the name of our single, combined group "Team Ubuntu Singapore
>> > (TUSG)" which contains both our name and the commonly used acronym.
>> >
>> > The 1st fork, the business, is a leech. Doesn't seem like it is very
>> > successful. Like all leeches, it'll drop off once it is sated or it
>> > risks starving. I'm not inclined to pay it any further attention.
>> >
>> > As far as page vs. group: why not both, indeed? We take on the
>> > responsibility of maintaining both, but I see no reason not to do so.
>> > Our group admins are myself, Heidir, Chew and John Thng. Heidir, seems
>> > like we are the two active folks there. I'm OK to commit some more time
>> > to the group. How are you set for such?
>> >
>> > Yi Hao has volunteered to create the page. I suggest:
>> >
>> > 1. Use the name Team Ubuntu Singapore (TUSG)
>> > 2. Grab content from the group, link to it if feasible (note m lack of
>> > deep knowledge of FB tech here)
>> > 3. Recruit yourself an administrative assistant so that you have a back
>> > up if needed.
>> >
>> > For both group and page: we (I) should learn better the available
>> > applications we can add to the group and the page. If we are going to
>> > commit to maintaining these resources, we owe it to ourselves to
>> > leverage them as much as possible.
>> >
>> > Thoughts?
>> >
>>
>> Just a reminder, not to get our resources spread too thinly.
>>
>> We can use Facebook group as a place to discuss besides the Mailing
>> List.
>> And the fan page as tool for us to spread and let the rest know that WE
>> DO EXIST!
>>
>> I've talked to a few people whom I met at Hackerspace after the
>> Ubuntu/SLMG meeting, one of them told me that he knows a lot of local
>> startups using Ubuntu mainly as their workstation, but he have not heard
>> about the existence of our group. How sad is that?
>>
>> We are the so-called "official" team representing Ubuntu in Singapore,
>> yet we are still "unheard" of.
>>
>> We need to make a statement of some sort. If we can do it in Facebook,
>> let it be done!
>>
>> Muhammad Heidir
>>
>> Launchpad: ~heidir
>> Team Ubuntu Singapore
>>
>>
>>
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