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

alan c aeclist at candt.waitrose.com
Fri Aug 3 15:39:05 BST 2007


Mark Harrison wrote:
> Dave Murphy wrote:
>> On Thu, 2007-08-02 at 16:50 +0100, Mark Harrison wrote:
>>   
>>> I've created a Facebook group with the following description:
>>>     
>>
>> Although I'm a Facebook user myself, I'm not comfortable with making
>> Facebook membership a requirement for contribution to groups and I my
>> feelings won't change on this as long as it remains a walled garden.
>> There are many other places (e.g. Google Groups, Ning) that provide the
>> same or more functionality that Facebook does, but makes the data
>> public.
>>
>> (I will admit to joining the group in it's present home though.)
>>   
> I can relate to that.
> 
> I don't see Facebook as the home for the discussion for anything more 
> than the next few weeks.
> 
> If it goes forward, the "discussion hosting" can be sorted out by 
> whoever ends up leading the project...

I joined facebook because of the ubuntu activity  - only.

I see facebook as a highly disposable entity. It is Ubuntu I would 
like to see endure.... :-)
-- 
alan cocks
Kubuntu user#10391



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