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=0.4 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FORGED_MUA_MOZILLA autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: a07f3367d7,78e482034cf71a6e X-Google-Attributes: gida07f3367d7,public,usenet X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Received: by 10.180.84.74 with SMTP id w10mr3125870wiy.4.1350352532834; Mon, 15 Oct 2012 18:55:32 -0700 (PDT) Path: q10ni65138167wif.0!nntp.google.com!feeder1.cambriumusenet.nl!feed.tweaknews.nl!94.232.116.12.MISMATCH!feed.xsnews.nl!border-2.ams.xsnews.nl!border4.nntp.ams.giganews.com!border2.nntp.ams.giganews.com!border3.nntp.ams.giganews.com!border1.nntp.ams.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!news.panservice.it!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!not-for-mail From: Michael Erdmann Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Promoting Ada via facebook/google+ .... Date: Mon, 08 Oct 2012 21:25:14 +0200 Message-ID: References: <9205cc58-32e5-4d83-95ba-0d8f7940444c@googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de 1ALK+A00+5qG3OCOowiPIwXjQaj8G8pB4bqcjc/zb3dE7c User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:15.0) Gecko/20120825 Thunderbird/15.0 In-Reply-To: <9205cc58-32e5-4d83-95ba-0d8f7940444c@googlegroups.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: 2012-10-08T21:25:14+02:00 List-Id: On 10/08/2012 02:40 PM, Marc C wrote: > On Sunday, October 7, 2012 11:26:49 AM UTC-5, Michael Erdmann wrote: > >> 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; First of all i created a demo page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Ada-The-Language-for-A-Complex-World/528580827156159?ref=ts&fref=ts May be i have made my self not clear; compl.lang.ada is a good place for communication as other sites as http://www.reddit.com/r/ada except for the face that these places are not embedded into any social network which connects them. Using social networks has different aspects ranging from direct communication to viral marketing. For direct communication usenet groups are technically outdated. Tooks me half a day last week to find a provider with an news server where i could hook in, Web sites and blogs tend to be quite unknown unless you can tie these sites together in a social network, A simple thing like the like button cat create for somebody a trail to somebody else which knows somebody who does what i am looking for. (This is viral marketing). I guess for time beeing i am willing to maintain this page; but on long terms this will have no real impact if nobody is supporting the idea :-/ /Michael PS: I never heard about www.reddit.com and never about the blog of Zhu Qun-Yin since i am not constantly following compl.lang.ada. > > The Ada sub-reddit (http://www.reddit.com/r/ada) has been carrying on for over 4 years now, with hundreds of submitted links and postings, and slowly closing in on 500 subscribers. (And we could always use more!) > > It's low volume, but pretty high signal. > > The LinkedIn Ada group (http://www.linkedin.com/groups?home=&gid=114211) is also reasonably active with wide-ranging conversations. You simply have to be a LinkedIn member (basic membership is free) to participate. > > I'm not saying everything is hunky dory, we could always use more Ada advocacy (and taking down of moribund sites). > > Ada does, though, have presence amongst various social networks, though almost invariably it's an individual (or a small group of individuals) efforts to maintain that presence. > > StackOverflow (http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/ada) too! > > Marc A. Criley > Ada sub-reddit moderator >