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From: Michael Erdmann <boavista@snafu.de>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada
Subject: Promoting Ada via facebook/google+ ....
Date: Sun, 07 Oct 2012 18:26:47 +0200
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Why this post?

Yesterday while checking through comp.lang.ada i stumbled upon the
following statement from Patrick:

... There are too many sites that make it seem like Ada is dead...

Frankly speaking i have to agree; the Ada community seems to be like
an endangered animal; successfully existing unseen in a niche.


What i would propose

Persuade the Ada Information House to become visible in facebook
as it is done my NASA, ESA etc. by presenting the events
they are showing on there first page in a time line.

All the enthusiasts in this community should gather together to
maintain a fan page in facebook to create better visibility of there
activities, means events, software releases ...

Please take facebook just as a place holder for any other kind
of social network where we could achieve some visibility.

I am not at all sure that this helps but i guess it will do
no harm to hook into social network and try to get some
attention there;

Any comments ideas .... or is every thing fine as it is?

/Michel