permaculture

[Bob Waldrop <bob@bobwaldrop.net>]

I belong to and manage quite a few mailing lists and they are great for 
long and sustained conversations.

But for reaching out to, finding, and engaging new people, Facebook is 
without peer at the present time.  As of MAy 2012, it has 900 million 
users, which means that individuals using FB are potentially open to 
meeting and engaging likeminded souls among nearly a billion people.

Facebook is great for organizing meetings and events.

Facebook is not great for long and sustained discussions.

It is an appropriate tool for what it is.  Mailing lists like this one 
are appropriate tools for what they are.

People who don't want to meet new people should avoid Facebook. People 
who do want to meet and engage new people, who perhaps never would have 
found them otherwise, should use Facebook.

Generally, I think organizations need --

+ a website,
+ a mailing list discussion group,
+ a Facebook page, and
+ a Twitter account

assuming you want to aggressively participate in the public conversation 
out there.  Each of these four platforms has its own strengths, 
weaknesses, uses, and potential populations.

Bob Waldrop, OKC
http://www.bobwaldrop.net | www.okie.coop | www.bettertimesinfo.org | 
www.energyconservationinfo.org |
http://www.facebook.com/bobwaldrop
http://www.facebook.com/prairierosepermaculture
runningonempty2@yahoogroups.com (7400+ members discussing peak oil since 
2001)
Tweets @bobwaldrop


On 7/15/2012 4:43 AM, venaurafarm wrote:
> On 7/15/2012 2:54 AM, Felicity Wright wrote:
> > Hi guys
> > Ok, I am not a tech savvie person (didn't learn to use a computer
> > until I was 26). Prior to setting up the Permaculture SE Asia facebook
> > page I asked on this site for suggestions about how to go about it.
> > Got none.
> > After I set it up (because many permies are on FB and it's a something
> > I know how to use) and then notified the list LL told me that I could
> > consider using Google+.
> Apart from the useless interface Facebook requires that anyone reading
> content, i.e. your PC SE Asia FB Group be a member of Facebook. Many
> will not be willing to go that route in order to participate.
>
> It would be more than appropriate to use this list for your group though
> posts will get mixed in with everything else.
>
> I will try to set up a Google+ public page for it though I think that
> any participation in Google resources requires a Google or GMail account
> or some sort of openID account or ID. That's really no more difficult
> than subscribing to this PC list; upside is that those resources used
> can be made viewable by the public or made private if desired.
>
> I like Google Groups. They are straightforward forums which can accept
> file/image attachments. They can have multiple owners. You can mirror
> posts in a blog with same name as group, add also a Google Site and
> Google Docs for additional functions.
>
> I can set up a Google Group. What name would you prefer:
> permacultureseasia or pcseasia or something else?
>
> LL
>
>
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