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Tue 7 May 2013 9:19AM

Promotion / Buzz

F Flaburgan Public Seen by 95

The v0.1.0.0 is coming soon, I think it could be great to promote it when it will be out, by writing a post per day using the DiasporaHQ account presenting a feature / awesome bug fix.

I think in general we do not use enough the DiasporaHQ account. I'd like to see more people with access to it, for example @Goob. We should create a little buzz for this new version, and try to interact more with our users.

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Poll Created Tue 7 May 2013 9:33AM

Give access to the DiasporaHQ account to some community members Closed Wed 22 May 2013 2:48PM

Outcome
by Flaburgan Tue 25 Apr 2017 5:47AM

Goob and Flaburgan now have access to the DiasporaHQ account. Thank you to everyone who voted.

We should improve communication around the project and the DiasporaHQ account is the best way to do that inside Diaspora*. To increase the number of the person with access to this account is a good solution.

Results

Results Option % of points Voters
Agree 100.0% 13 ST TS E F M D TM PG IGM L AH SM S
Abstain 0.0% 0  
Disagree 0.0% 0  
Block 0.0% 0  
Undecided 0% 255 BK FS MS AA S CB HF BO JH DM GC JH JR F RF M EG G AX PC

13 of 268 people have participated (4%)

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Tom Scott
Agree
Thu 9 May 2013 3:55PM

I can't see why we wouldn't do this. :)

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Elm Tue 7 May 2013 9:51AM

I have already posted that on the federation improvment discussion but maybe it is better posted here.

To me the buzz must also address the two main goals of D* : decentralization and migration. This why a public post on DiasporaHQ and the website (and elesewhere) with simple explanations for users about what federation is, the problems and a small roadmap will be good for people to follow what is going oh here…

I believe indeed that pod communications (ie federation), which is decentralization, and account migration from one pod to another are what make D* special and really needed. This is all about the first fundraising at kickstarter and its success. And the rapid growth of the number of users. As long as they are not implemented and working, D* goals are not achieved and people will not see the point of such a social network among so many others.

This why communication toward users and newby devs should be more clear about these two points (decentralization and migration).

JR

Jason Robinson Tue 7 May 2013 2:48PM

About giving DiasporaHQ creds to more people. I really think the proposal should outline who those are given to. Community isn't saying much since we are all community. :)

I don't think anyone will object to the DiasporaHQ account being used more but it should be a matter of proper rules of usage by a set of people who will be handling communications - just spreading the password around will not help.

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goob Tue 7 May 2013 5:05PM

I agree it would be good to have more activity from the Diaspora HQ account (and also from the Diaspora Twitter and Facebook accounts), and also that it would be good to have several more people who are able to do this.

I also agree with Jason that it would be good to have more clarity over who would have this access and what they would use it for.

I suggest that it would be best given to those closest to the project and what is changing/happening at the moment: so, in addition to Sean: Jonne, Florian and a could of others. This is of course if they feel happy to take on another task and one of this kind - that is entirely up to them.

But in principle, yes it's a good idea to improve the amount and consistency of communication to community members and the wider public.

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Sean Tilley Tue 7 May 2013 9:38PM

I'm totally okay with this, in fact I've indicated in the past that volunteers that want to help out with the various DiasporaHQ accounts are more than welcome to join in. Just ping me on Diaspora with the network of choice you'd like to help with.

Also, check here. It would do well to figure out a way to get potential volunteers on the same page in regards to what is posted.

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diasp_eu Mon 13 May 2013 11:19AM

What are the next steps? When we publish v0.1.0.0?

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diasp_eu Mon 13 May 2013 11:33AM

What about http://blog.diasporafoundation.org/? Last post from October 29, 2012? No buzz! No promotion?

What about http://diaspora-project.org/news? Last post from October 18, 2012? No buzz! No promotion?

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Sean Tilley Mon 13 May 2013 6:14PM

The existing DiasporaHQ blog entries have moved onto the new Diaspora Project site, under news. I have every intention of keeping News updated, and would be more than happy to accept help from volunteers on running it. I think it could be made comparable to KDE Dot in that it gives out important updates about the news of the overall project, and it could be differentiated from the hosted blogs.

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Flaburgan Thu 16 May 2013 11:06AM

@seantilleycommunit I prepared some posts describing the features included in the new version of Diaspora*

Do you guys agree to give me access to the DiasporaHQ account?

If not, should I give my work to Sean to post it with DIasporaHQ or should I post it myself and you can reshare it after?

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