[Ubuntu-SG] Forked: Facebook groups & pages

[Chen Xiangpeng]

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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