On Mar 16, 2010, at 11:17 AM, Silvia Rusu wrote:
Sergiu Dumitriu-2 wrote:
I don't like our current @XWiki Twitter account, so I'd be -1 for
promoting it. Another (English) account which would just mirror blog
posts would be good, though.
Hi,
I'm going to make the same case for Twitter I made on the Incubator :)
I'm +1 for a dedicated
xwiki.org Twitter account. The account could serve
both the purpose of a communication channel and helping our existing and
potential users find their way around
XWiki.org:
As a communication channel the account could be used to broadcast:
* XWiki releases and news
* XWiki events that the community may take an interest in
*
XWiki.org blog posts
* Tips about using XWiki
* The latest XWiki contributions
* OS events and news
Answering questions and approaching potential users:
* The go to place for existing and potential users that are not inclined
to use the lists to address questions about XWiki.
* Attract new users by introducing them to XWiki. These are people
already searching for an open source wiki, asking for recommendations on
Twitter. Their needs could be met by XWiki products, applications, etc., but
they haven't yet heard of the project.
WDYT?
I really really don't like this (I'm -1 for now on a twitter account like defined
above).
First it's hard to share the credentials with all committers, second we should not
increase the number of channels we use since we'll just neglect them. We need to use
more our existing channels: blogs, mailing lists.
I'd much prefer an announcement mailing list and then if someone wants to do it, you
could automate a twitter account to take info from that mailing list and publish it on
twitter. Automation is fine since it's low maintenance.
Thanks
-Vincent