On 3/16/2010 12:36 PM, Sergiu Dumitriu wrote:
On 03/16/2010 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
+1 on these, except the last one, which gets a +0; it's hard to define what is important for our followers in terms of Open Source/Free Software.
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.
-1. - User questions can't be answered in a tweet, maybe just as "See this pastebin" - Tweets aren't archived and searchable, like a mailing list or a website. - It's hard to make contributions to a tweet "discussion".
I was thinking of simple questions that can be answered by pointing the user to the appropriate documentation. Otherwise of course it's preferable discussions are taken to the lists/website to insure everyone benefits from the answers long term.
* 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.
-0, personally I don't like if a product approaches me directly: XWiki.org says "Try xwiki.org" This is too commercial, and a much too commercial push scares (some) users away. I prefer recommendations from Real People.
Fair enough ----- Silvia Rusu Tester & Documentation Writer - XWiki http://twitter.com/silviarusu -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/Proposal-XWiki-org-horizontal-navigation-home-page-tp37... Sent from the XWiki- Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com.