Re: KDE's presence on Mastodon

Hello Valorie,

> Did I miss the Telegram channel being created?

Oh, no, you didn't miss anything. See below.

> I don't recall it being
> announced here, I don't see it on https://community.kde.org/Telegram
> so I don't know how to find it or join, it isn't bridged to the IRC
> channel #kde-promo.

Ivana is right. It is not really the Telegram group for promo, nor do we  
exclusively discuss promotion. In fact it is not even called "promo", but 
"marketing" and it is more like the place where we, Ivana and I, employed in 
"marketing", discuss things with the board (and each other) when we are in 
between bi-weekly meetings.

It is where we discuss admin stuff, mostly, like: "you guys need to fill out 
this, co-ordinate with those guys, edit that, and make sure that thing over 
there happens". It is that unexciting.

> It feels bad that this list is no longer central to the Promo team.
> It's hard to collaborate or even just boost/retweet/blog etc. when
> we're not hearing what is going on. I think we can do better.

No, no. This list is central. The Telegram group is not like this place at 
all.

And as I said, I forgot about the Mastodon thing until Kevin jogged my memory. 
I would've definitely brought the topic up here if Kevin hadn't beaten me to 
it. But, as I say, I got no comments, and it kind of faded from view, until I 
was reminded that Mastodon was exploding and thought "Hey! we should secure 
@kde before someone else takes it".

(If you are thinking of setting up Mastodon accounts for your own projects, I 
advise you do so soonest, by the way -- Mastodon is becoming really popular).

Ivana is again right on the timeline, by the way, in that it wasn't a month 
ago, it was back when I made the task on phabricator, so more like three 
months ago. We talked about it in an offhand manner, I threw the task up on 
phabricator as both a kind of reminder to myself and a RFC from others. Then I 
forgot about it.

We still don't know who's feeding the other KDE accounts (anybody?), which 
makes it difficult to co-ordinate with them. This is not ideal. The problem 
would be even worse if someone unknown had taken control of @kde too.

I have already shared the credentials with the board, so they can administer 
it as they see fit.

> > Anyhow, I don't see why this is a problem. It is up. It is working we have
> > followers. Rejoice.
> > 
> > Paul
> > --
> > Promotion & Communication
> > 
> > www: http://kde.org
> > Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kde/
> > Twitter: https://twitter.com/kdecommunity
> 
> By the way, it is kosher to promote the mastodon account on twitter!
> Everything that helps a free alternative to twitter/fb/etc is good in
> my book.

Yes, good point. I sent a tweet out on Monday, but it does not hurt to remind 
people from time to time. Or, indeed, include a link in the signature.

Paul
-- 
Promotion & Communication

www: http://kde.org
Mastodon: https://mastodon.technology/@kde
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kde/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/kdecommunity

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