[ubuntu-uk] Freecycle / Ubuntu tie-up????

[Mark Harrison]

The reason I chose facebook is that

1: There wasn't already an obvious appropriate mailing list (I don't 
consider this a UK initiative)

2: I could set up a group within 45 seconds. (I have what is politely 
called "A bias for action" - I'd rather get SOME discussion platform 
done straight away than pontificate for hours over what the RIGHT solution.)

3: I suspect that the initiative will die inside about 2 weeks... jf it 
does, then it's cost zero "systems effort" to have the conversation, if 
it doesn't, we can move over to the Wiki.

4: There are huge numbers of both Facebookers and Ubuntu evangelists 
already on Facebook.

I'm absolutely not wedded to Facebook as a platform of choice going 
forward - if the initiative takes off, it should be rolled into the core 
websites for both Ubuntu and Freecycle  - I sort of regard Facebook as a 
"Rapid Prototyping Environment" for ad hoc social groups.

Mark




John Dow wrote:
> On 8/2/07, *Nik Butler* <nik at reducedhackers.com 
> <mailto:nik at reducedhackers.com>> wrote:
>
>     Lets try to be supportive and encouraging of an though rather than
>     finding ways to block/shutdown/disable contributions from members.
>
>
> You are, of course, completely right - my comment was a knee-jerk 
> reaction born out of unreasoning horror and I apologise wholeheartedly 
> for my lack of control ;-)
>
> Seriously, though, it is a great idea but my personal preference would 
> be for a mailing list. I find web groups to be annoying restrictive to 
> use, whereas my mail client is always available :)
>
> John
>
>
> -- 
> John Dow <jmd at nelefa.org <mailto:jmd at nelefa.org>>
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>
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