I also find it a useful tool to follow other projects...there may be a good replacement for it at some point but in the meantime I would love to see releases + blog posts tweeted (or retweeted by) the official account.
-dewey On Tue, Jan 30, 2024 at 6:01 AM Raúl Cumplido <raulcumpl...@gmail.com> wrote: > > El lun, 29 ene 2024 a las 20:24, Felipe Oliveira Carvalho > (<felipe...@gmail.com>) escribió: > > > > > I have found Twitter an extremely effective way for an open-source > > project to communicate with the “exo-community” — people who are interested > > in the project but not so invested that they join the email list. An open > > source project needs to perform pretty much all of the functions of a > > for-profit company, and Twitter fulfills the marketing function. Clearly > > Twitter is not what it used to be, but I don’t know what, if anything, has > > replaced it. > > > > +1. > > I also agree with this view. I find it a very good communication tool > for lots of users that are interested in the project but not that > close. > > I am happy to tweet about the releases of Arrow, blog posts, etcetera > on the official account. > > Raúl > > > > > Unfortunately, all the alternatives to Twitter haven't reached the tipping > > point yet. Saw some people trying to push tech content on Threads but the > > audience is simply not there yet. @ApacheArrow has 12K followers on Twitter > > making it a great tool for spreading news and getting people excited about > > the project. > > > > -- > > Felipe > > > > On Mon, Jan 29, 2024 at 4:07 PM Julian Hyde <jhyde.apa...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > The easiest thing is to share the Twitter credentials with any PMC member > > > who is interested in sending tweets (which is usually a very small > > > number). > > > > > > To answer Antoine’s point. I have found Twitter an extremely effective way > > > for an open-source project to communicate with the “exo-community” — > > > people > > > who are interested in the project but not so invested that they join the > > > email list. An open source project needs to perform pretty much all of the > > > functions of a for-profit company, and Twitter fulfills the marketing > > > function. Clearly Twitter is not what it used to be, but I don’t know > > > what, > > > if anything, has replaced it. > > > > > > Julian > > > > > > > > > > On Jan 29, 2024, at 10:50 AM, Wes McKinney <wesmck...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > Is there a different tool other than TweetDeck available that can > > > > synchronize posts that go out on different social channels (LinkedIn, > > > > Twitter, Mastodon, etc.)? I've heard of things like Hootsuite but that's > > > > pretty expensive and definitely overkill for an open source project, but > > > > perhaps there is a more modest tool that would help with mirroring > > > content > > > > onto different platforms. > > > > > > > > On Sat, Jan 27, 2024 at 5:39 PM Antoine Pitrou <anto...@python.org> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > >> > > > >> My 2 cents : I don't understand what an open source project gains by > > > >> publishing on a microblogging platform. > > > >> > > > >> As for Twitter specifically, its recent governance changes would be > > > >> good > > > >> reason for terminating the @ApacheArrow account, IMHO. > > > >> > > > >> Regards > > > >> > > > >> Antoine. > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> Le 27/01/2024 à 23:06, Bryce Mecum a écrit : > > > >>> I noticed that the @ApacheArrow Twitter account [1] hasn't posted > > > >>> since June 2023 which is around the time of the Arrow 12 release. When > > > >>> I asked on Zulip [2] about who runs or has access to post as that > > > >>> account, Kou indicated the account was managed using TweetDeck [3] and > > > >>> that this may no longer be an option due to subscription changes. > > > >>> > > > >>> I'm writing to get a sense of who currently has access and how the > > > >>> community would like to move forward with using the account. I'm also > > > >>> volunteering to help manage it. > > > >>> > > > >>> My questions are: > > > >>> > > > >>> - Who has access to @ApacheArrow [1]? > > > >>> - Is the community still interested in engaging on Twitter? > > > >>> - Is the community interested in other platforms, potentially just > > > >>> engaging with them through cross-posting? > > > >>> > > > >>> Thanks, > > > >>> Bryce > > > >>> > > > >>> [1] https://twitter.com/ApacheArrow > > > >>> [2] > > > >> > > > https://ursalabs.zulipchat.com/#narrow/stream/180245-dev/topic/ApacheArrow.20Twitter.20account/near/418346643 > > > >>> [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tweetdeck > > > >> > > > > > >
