[ubuntu-uk] Facebook page - now with extra vanity

[Kris Douglas]

I would be very grateful for a G+ invite if you have one going :)

On 1 July 2011 14:35, Dino T. <dino at dinot.co.uk> wrote:

> I can send google+ invites to anyone, just need a gmail address or
> hotmail/yahoo that has a google account associated.
>
> Not a fan of Diaspora*, simply because im not a fan of the multiple urls
> called seeds like diasp.org, joindiaspora, diaspora.eu etc. if i join a
> network, i want my id to be unique. anyone can create a diasp.domain etc
> with my name and claim to be me. Its a pet peeve of mine.
>
>
> *Dino Tassigiannis BA (Hons)*
>
>
> <http://www.ubuntu.com/>
>
>
>
> On 1 July 2011 13:38, Paul Tansom <paul at aptanet.com> wrote:
>
>> ** Alan Bell <alanbell at ubuntu.com> [2011-07-01 13:19]:
>> > well we reached the milestone of 25 "likes" on our Facebook page so
>> > now have a sparkly new vanity URL: http://www.facebook.com/UbuntuUK
>> > . . . and we got it just in time for Google Plus to be released and
>> > render Facebook redundant. Discuss!
>> ** end quote [Alan Bell]
>>
>> If I could get an invite to take a look I may have something to discuss ;)
>>
>> Actually I'm in two minds, I don't like Facebook much but it does have the
>> killer feature of user base - or more specifically the fact that people I
>> know
>> use it (technically I have a Hi5 account because I was trying to get in
>> touch
>> with someone who used it and not Facebook, but it isn't a nice service and
>> I'd
>> rather they'd been on Facebook!). In theory Google should be able to use
>> it's
>> position to gain traction, and making it use Gmail for messaging and
>> Picassa
>> for photo sharing could give it an edge in flexibility (and instant user
>> base).
>>
>> Diaspora*, if it ever gets going, will likely be much like Identica,
>> preferred
>> by techies, but always the also ran to Twitter purely on user base.
>>
>> Somebody ought to do a mashup that combines something like Identica,
>> Wordpress,
>> IMAP mail with webmail, Gallery, Jabber or etc. using RSS / Planet so the
>> actual
>> service being used for each contact is largely irrelevant. Then it
>> wouldn't
>> matter what blogging, instant messaging, picture sharing, 'tweeting'
>> services
>> were used.
>>
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Regards, Kris Douglas.
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