[wellylug] WellyLUG rekindling

[Hugh Davenport]

I like that idea. The main reason behind Facebook was promoting the group to non technical people who won't use mailing lists

Colin Templeman <wellylug at biker.geek.nz> wrote:

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>on 14/03/2013 01:37 Kingsley G. Morse Jr. said:
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>> facebook alternative
>
>Tumbleweed for months then a full inbox!  As I'm still in the UK I've
>only
>just got to read all these posts.  FWIW I don't Facebook either but the
>mailing list is still relevant to me (it does one thing very well).  My
>thoughts are since we're advocating linux/open source, perhaps we
>should put
>our money where our mouth is (as it were).
>
>So the first thing that came to my mind reading the flame about
>Facebook was
>why not set up a Diaspora node (self hosted) for those that wish to
>indulge in
>social networking?  It can be completely autonomous or dovetailed into
>the
>other mainstream social networking feeds if people wish.  I'll leave
>the
>details for those that CBA but if you are going to use social
>networking, at
>least do it in the right fashion :)
>
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>Colin Templeman
>On Tour in the UK
>
>"Teach it Phenomenology, Doolittle".
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