# Paul Boddie [2018-03-23 14:02 +0100]: > Facebook to promote themselves, FSFE included, and this merely enables the > perpetrators of these misdeeds and crimes because it draws people in thinking > that they can (and should) do all their online business via such sites, and > that if the likes of FSFE use Facebook "then it can't be as bad as people > say".
You draw a too negative picture of the people who like us on Facebook I think. We are incredibly inactive on this platform, and people who like us there will already know us and be sensitive about FB usage. Mozilla has a much larger and diverse audience and a more active presence on Facebook I assume, and so their step makes much more sense. That said, I think the only purpose the FSFE's FB page currently serves is that 1. the name is taken to prevent hoaxers from imitating an "official" page, and 2. for people to find us if they – for whatever crazy reason – try to search us on this platform. Certainly, deleting the page won't educate anyone on this platform therefore. Facebook by no means is used as a primary or official communication channel. If you take a look at the FSFE's presence on GnuSocial or Diaspora you will see what our preferences are ;) Best, Max -- Max Mehl - Program Manager - Free Software Foundation Europe Contact and further information: https://fsfe.org/about/mehl Support advocacy for Free Software: https://fsfe.org/donate _______________________________________________ Discussion mailing list Discussion@lists.fsfe.org https://lists.fsfe.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion This mailing list is covered by the FSFE's Code of Conduct. All participants are kindly asked to be excellent to each other: https://fsfe.org/about/codeofconduct
