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List:       kde-promo
Subject:    Re: [kde-promo] "KDE User" LinkedIn group created
From:       Jaroslaw Staniek <js () iidea ! pl>
Date:       2008-01-16 20:25:07
Message-ID: 478E6823.80705 () iidea ! pl
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Will Stephenson said the following, On 2008-01-15 12:08:
> On Tuesday 15 January 2008 10:09:43 Jaroslaw Staniek wrote:
> > Hello,
> > LinkedIn now provides "KDE User" group. It has been created by Mike Seidle 
> > (thanks, Mike) who apparently is the owner of the group now.
> > 
> > The goroup is based on invitation:
> > "Can anyone join a group on LinkedIn?
> > No. The membership of the group is determined by the specific group's 
> > manager. You must be approved by the group's manager in order to join the 
> group."
> 
> Uh, this seems like a crazy idea.  "KDE Users" is self-selecting and should be 
> inclusive.  "Masters and Commanders of KDE Core" can be invite-only and 
> exclusive ;).  Is Mike on this list, and if not, can you ask him why make it 
> hard to be a "KDE User" in LinkedIn?  

This is how linkedin works, and also a definition of network of proffesionals.
Simple, linkedin could be not the best tool for such "KDE User" group.
Linkeding could and already is pretty much used as a network for people 
somewhat interested in the KDE _project_. This makes the invitation idea good 
exactly because of existence of the 5sec+ contributors mentioned by Eva. I 
canot see a problem here - they can start contributing without accessing any 
profiles of older group members.

For users, there are thoushands of places in every country, eg. forums and 
vortals. The "KDE User" group would be another (of course invitation-based as 
linkedin requires), basically another "tag" for a number of linkedin users.

> The equivalent Facebook groups are open. 

So do dot.kde.org comments, which is even better because not controlled by 
3rd-parties ;)


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