The reason I chose facebook is that 1: There wasn't already an obvious appropriate mailing list (I don't consider this a UK initiative)
2: I could set up a group within 45 seconds. (I have what is politely called "A bias for action" - I'd rather get SOME discussion platform done straight away than pontificate for hours over what the RIGHT solution.) 3: I suspect that the initiative will die inside about 2 weeks... jf it does, then it's cost zero "systems effort" to have the conversation, if it doesn't, we can move over to the Wiki. 4: There are huge numbers of both Facebookers and Ubuntu evangelists already on Facebook. I'm absolutely not wedded to Facebook as a platform of choice going forward - if the initiative takes off, it should be rolled into the core websites for both Ubuntu and Freecycle - I sort of regard Facebook as a "Rapid Prototyping Environment" for ad hoc social groups. Mark John Dow wrote: > On 8/2/07, *Nik Butler* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > Lets try to be supportive and encouraging of an though rather than > finding ways to block/shutdown/disable contributions from members. > > > You are, of course, completely right - my comment was a knee-jerk > reaction born out of unreasoning horror and I apologise wholeheartedly > for my lack of control ;-) > > Seriously, though, it is a great idea but my personal preference would > be for a mailing list. I find web groups to be annoying restrictive to > use, whereas my mail client is always available :) > > John > > > -- > John Dow <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> > http://www.nelefa.org > > Dreamers come and go, but a dream's forever. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
