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From: Michael Erdmann <boavista@snafu.de>
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Subject: Re: Promoting Ada via facebook/google+ ....
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On 10/15/2012 04:08 AM, montezf@gmail.com wrote:


> The problem is as I see it, most of the resources that you find with Ada seem to be outdated. Which may not be the case,
just may not need any updates. So what would be the point of having a 
Facebook page directing people to a community
which perhaps requires a little more than most to dig in to gain an 
understanding.
>
Using a social media platform will not tackle the problem of a non
functioning ecosystem .. but it could create additional interests of
people which could become contributors ...

> The recipe is just about the same for anything else that you're selling. So you need an easy barrier to entry, Ada doesnt have that, so it better be worth it.  IMO it is.  Need some killer software available that make people say 'oh I didn't know Ada could do THAT!'
>
There is a dimension of social networks which existing in communities
using just websites; newsgroups etc ... the capability of
viral marketing. I think this mechanism (the like button etc)
makes is the only technical justification for going to facebook,
Google+ of Linked in.


> We need some voices in the community that are larger than life.
>
> Am I alone in thinking that the ada2012.com site which looks pretty smoking is using apache as the front end web server?
>
What is the issue about this site; looks to my like any other
cooperative web site?


/Michael