From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,78e482034cf71a6e X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Attributes: gida07f3367d7,domainid0,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Received: by 10.180.107.167 with SMTP id hd7mr2343944wib.0.1350286346943; Mon, 15 Oct 2012 00:32:26 -0700 (PDT) Path: q10ni65123740wif.0!nntp.google.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Bill Findlay Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Promoting Ada via facebook/google+ .... Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2012 08:32:24 +0100 Message-ID: References: <397057cf-1aa5-4dbb-820a-79d8aeee4134@googlegroups.com> <1f1fe619-0478-4a75-acef-6f3234265a9b@googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Trace: individual.net swRGzCSFpntxL1jW7lKKTA2gOuTVP5jNtgym7WxUp3qks0lizE0DiIHf1kRBaSVoi/ Cancel-Lock: sha1:wNGSxrKQLdxfQUigKIpviosYrcA= User-Agent: Microsoft-Entourage/12.33.0.120411 Thread-Topic: Promoting Ada via facebook/google+ .... Thread-Index: Ac2qpzgJP43h2N+/xkOEwflQuXtSag== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: 2012-10-15T08:32:24+01:00 List-Id: On 15/10/2012 06:12, in article ae1k92F9kscU1@mid.uni-berlin.de, "Michael Erdmann" wrote: > On 10/15/2012 05:04 AM, Bill Findlay wrote: >> On 15/10/2012 03:08, in article >> 1f1fe619-0478-4a75-acef-6f3234265a9b@googlegroups.com, "montezf@gmail.com" >> wrote: >> >>> I am not sure if Facebook is the way to go. Probably worth a shot, but I >>> think >> >> I will certainly never return to it, Ada page or no Ada page. > > Just curious; why? I thoroughly dislike its business model: parasitic on personal relationships and cavalier about personal privacy. -- Bill Findlay with blueyonder.co.uk; use surname & forename;