[Ubuntu-SG] Forked: Facebook groups & pages

C David Rigby c.david.rigby at gmail.com
Tue Jun 1 09:48:58 UTC 2010


On Tuesday 01,June,2010 05:32 PM, Chen Xiangpeng wrote:
> Having a "Page" seems to be a good idea to push status updates to the 
> community. It's proactive than having to browse to the facebook group 
> just to see the latest updates.
>
> XP
>
Agreed.
> On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 17:24, Ho Yi Hao Pipat <yihao.ho at gmail.com 
> <mailto:yihao.ho at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Hmm, how about making this whole thing easier?
>
>     I volunteer to handle Ubuntu.sg online stuff~
>
>     So everything online shall handle?
>
>     Any comments or idea?
>     With regards,
>     Yi Hao
>
>     +65 98574690
>     yihao.ho at gmail.com <mailto:yihao.ho at gmail.com>
>     yihao at statick.sg <mailto:yihao at statick.sg>
>
>     Store Admin,
>     Statick.sg,
>     Singapore's Premier Entertainment site.
>
>
>     On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 5:12 PM, Chen Xiangpeng <xp at xp.sg
>     <mailto:xp at xp.sg>> wrote:
>
>         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 <mailto: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
>             <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
>             <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
>             <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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