[SFS] facebook, screenshot scripts, and things

[David L. Willson]

Well, we have the mailing list, but it seems to me that there's at least a few things missing by having this as the "community center" for SFS, that would remain missing if we switched to a newsgroup.

Anonymity. I'd love for people to be able to say things like "Let's have a barbecue. --Freddie" without having to join anything or authenticate.

Traffic. Generally, I wish folks would post more. I want to know what people are curious about. I think this ML can intimidate newbies into silence without meaning to. I wish there were more "How do I?" and "Does anyone want to?" and "Hey, look what I just learned!". I wonder if a change of venue would create a more welcoming feel, especially for newbies, but oldbies, too.

Upvotes/Downvotes. Sometimes, you want to +1/like a thing, or -1/dislike it. News and mail are not well-suited to that.

History. Sometimes, you want to search history. All of history, not just "since I was born". News is good at that, but mail is less good. BBS style forums are excellent at it.

Multimedia. I love pictures and movies. I love to see what my friends love, and especially what they've made, but not everyone has their own blog, to which to link. Maybe someone wants to share a book, a picture, a song, or a video related to SFS and/or software freedom? News and mail are not well suited.

Just some thoughts off the top of my head.

--
David L. Willson
Teacher, Engineer, Evangelist
RHCE+Satellite CCAH Network+ A+ Linux+ LPIC-1 UbuntuCP NovellCLA
Mobile 720-333-LANS(5267)
http://sofree.us

This is a good time for a r3VOLution.

----- Original Message -----
> I haven't, and I don't understand what's the buzz about. How 'bout
> plain old newsgroup or mailing list?
> 
> On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 11:08 PM, David L. Willson
> <DLWillson@thegeek.nu> wrote:
> > Also, those that hate Facebook,
> >
> > Is there a forummy/groupy online thing you like? A "hang out, chat
> > (threadly, but asynchronously) and share things" kind of place is
> > what I'm
> > looking for.
> >
> > Has anyone used Diaspora or Gnu Social, in particular? If so, what
> > did you
> > think?
> >
> > --
> > David L. Willson
> > Teacher, Engineer, Evangelist
> > RHCE+Satellite CCAH Network+ A+ Linux+ LPIC-1 UbuntuCP NovellCLA
> > Mobile 720-333-LANS(5267)
> > http://sofree.us
> >
> > This is a good time for a r3VOLution.
> >
> > ________________________________
> >
> > If you're on Facebook, and you're so motivated, join the SFS group.
> > The name
> > of the group is "Software Freedom School". I put my regular
> > screenshot
> > script up there. You could put things there.
> >
> > If you hate Facebook, but you're interested in the script, go here:
> > https://gitlab.com/sofreeus/sofreeus/blob/master/takescreenshot.bash
> >
> > And the crontab line is here:
> > https://gitlab.com/sofreeus/sofreeus/blob/master/takescreenshot.crontab
> >
> >
> > --
> > David L. Willson
> > Teacher, Engineer, Evangelist
> > RHCE+Satellite CCAH Network+ A+ Linux+ LPIC-1 UbuntuCP NovellCLA
> > Mobile 720-333-LANS(5267)
> > http://sofree.us
> >
> > This is a good time for a r3VOLution.
> >
> >
>