discuss: facebook
Subject:
Re: [discuss] facebook
From:
Stein Gjoen ####@####.####
Date:
7 Jan 2009 19:13:30 +0000
Message-Id: <4964FEB8.4070108@mail.nyx.net>
jdd for http://tldp.org wrote:
> Stein Gjoen a écrit :
>
>
>>You might consider instead opening a LPD group on LinkedIn since
>>LinkedIn is already used by many LDP contributors.
>
> I never heard of this one :-(, but this is done. This time I opened a
> "LDP" profile.
LinkedIn is for work (particularly professionals) what Facebook is for
private social life. Quite a few LDP contributors can be found there
already including Emma Jane Hogbin, Tabatha Marshall, Machtelts Garrels,
Guylhem Aznar, Ismael Olea and many more.
> http://www.linkedin.com/profile?viewProfile=&key=38042831
Unfortunately this profile is not publically visible. You might look into
settings for visibility, add affiliation to LDP and define public URL. I
hope this advice will be of use to everyone joining up on LDP on LinkedIn.
> However one person
>
>>has to be a moderator and approve/decline requests to join so it should
>>be someone who has sufficient time for it.
>>
>
> usually I follow such groups, but I'm not very active on them.
Main task would be just approve/reject people who join, a few minutes work
once a week should be enough. Unfortunately I cannot do this since I am too
busy to even keep up with the traffic on this list.
>>I wouold sugest making clear that target audience is not only active
>>contributors but also past contributos and also those with an interest.
>>A more open profile should also help us in improving our profile.
>>
>
> how can I do so?
Left hand column has an entry called "Groups", click there and in the new
window a yellow button titled "Create a Group" will appear.
Before that however (which is why I write this to the list at large) we
should agree on what to call ourselves, the existing uses being
- LDP
- TLDP
- Linux Documentation Project
- The Linux Documentation Project.
Due to the way LinkedIn works it will be an advantage to agree on the style.
Some nice graphics for the group logo would also be nice.
Groups can also be used for announcements and news, hopefully a LDP weekly
news can be resurrected..
Regards,
Stein Gjoen
