Re: Moderator Announcement: SWEng-GameDev on Facebook & Google Plus!
Davis Sickmon <[email protected]> Thu, 12 Sep 2013 01:42:22 -0500
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--===============1057349686== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_868EF12F-73DC-48F1-9E39-22296F576DFE" --Apple-Mail=_868EF12F-73DC-48F1-9E39-22296F576DFE Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii I'm already giving some eyeballs to some possibilities that direction. = First question, of course, becomes a matter of adoption: if only 10 = people, for instance, join the Google+ group, there's not going to be a = whole lot of conversation to "sync up". There's solutions to the tech, = it's the people that are important :-) On Sep 12, 2013, at 1:35 AM, [email protected] wrote: > It's a pity that the community will now be fragmented.=20 >=20 > I guess we could easily figure out how to cross post across the = different platforms, but any discussion off each of those posts would be = limited to the platforms they were done on.=20 >=20 > Perhaps the best solution would be to have a service that scrapes = discussions from fb and g+ and posts them to the mailing list as a = digest?=20 >=20 > Kieran D'Archambaud=20 > Lead Game Programmer > Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Limited > http://eu.playstation.com >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 > From: Davis Sickmon <[email protected]>=20 > To: [email protected]=20 > Date: 12/09/2013 07:29=20 > Subject: Re: [Sweng-Gamedev] Moderator Announcement: = SWEng-GameDev on Facebook & Google Plus!=20 > Sent by: [email protected]=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 > I went with creating both an FB and a G+ because I know some people = who hate FB, and I know some people who hate Google Plus. I'm active on = both, so, I wanted to make sure I could let people pick the social = network they hated the least ;-)=20 >=20 > Davis=20 >=20 > On Sep 12, 2013, at 1:24 AM, OvermindDL1 <[email protected]> = wrote:=20 > I prefer mailing lists, but I will watch it close on G+ at least, = never touch Facebook. :-) >=20 > On Sep 12, 2013 12:19 AM, "Davis Sickmon" <[email protected]> = wrote:=20 > Ahh, mailing lists - almost a thing of the past. I say almost, as = there's still a number of them around, but the traffic levels slowly = fall off as they've lost out to forums and social media. >=20 > Right now, SWEng-GameDev has 2099 members still, though the last = posting on here was in March. It's not uncommon for this list to go a = couple months without traffic (see the list archives for examples of = that), but it's gotten quiet enough I've finally decided to do something = I've been wanting to do for a while: create a Facebook group and a = Google Plus community to bring it into a slightly more modern platform. = Just to be clear: I'm not closing the list, just providing a new avenue = for existing members to continue to enjoy the conversations as a part of = other workflows :-) >=20 > Same rules apply for the Facebook / Google Plus group as on here - no = spam, no flaming, semi-on topic posts, no beginning programming posts, = etc. Basically, a semi-professional to professional discussion about = software engineering. >=20 > Both groups are closed groups to help keep down the number of = spammers, etc., and hopefully continue to have a good signal-to-noise = ratio (I've already ran into some Facebook game dev groups that have = become useless due to open join policies.) Just hit the group on your = preferred social network (or both, if you're so inclined) and you'll be = added within a day or so! :-) >=20 > So, the lists: >=20 > Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/199062993608677/ >=20 > Google - https://plus.google.com/communities/104167304358416136228 >=20 > I'll probably repeat this message twice more - one in two or three = weeks, and one in two or three weeks after that on. Beyond that, I'll = just be adding it to the subscription page. >=20 > Hope to see you all on the new groups :-) >=20 > Davis Ray Sickmon, Jr > Midnight Ryder Technologies > List Administrator for a freakin' decade - wow this list is old (and = that's just how long it's been on my server! ;-) >=20 >=20 > _______________________________________________ > Sweng-Gamedev mailing list > [email protected] > = http://lists.midnightryder.com/listinfo.cgi/sweng-gamedev-midnightryder.co= m=20 > _______________________________________________ > Sweng-Gamedev mailing list > [email protected] > = http://lists.midnightryder.com/listinfo.cgi/sweng-gamedev-midnightryder.co= m=20 > _______________________________________________ > Sweng-Gamedev mailing list > [email protected] > = http://lists.midnightryder.com/listinfo.cgi/sweng-gamedev-midnightryder.co= m >=20 >=20 >=20 > ********************************************************************** > This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and = intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are = addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify = [email protected] > This footnote also confirms that this email message has been checked = for all known viruses. > Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Limited > Registered Office: 10 Great Marlborough Street, London W1F 7LP, United = Kingdom > Registered in England: 3277793 > ********************************************************************** >=20 > P Please consider the environment before printing this = e-mail_______________________________________________ > Sweng-Gamedev mailing list > [email protected] > = http://lists.midnightryder.com/listinfo.cgi/sweng-gamedev-midnightryder.co= m >=20 --Apple-Mail=_868EF12F-73DC-48F1-9E39-22296F576DFE Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii <html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">I'm already giving some eyeballs to some possibilities that direction. First question, of course, becomes a matter of adoption: if only 10 people, for instance, join the Google+ group, there's not going to be a whole lot of conversation to "sync up". There's solutions to the tech, it's the people that are important :-)<div><div><br><div><div>On Sep 12, 2013, at 1:35 AM, <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><font size="2" face="sans-serif">It's a pity that the community wil l now be fragmented.</font> <br> <br><font size="2" face="sans-serif">I guess we could easily figure out how to cross post across the different platforms, but any discussion off each of those posts would be limited to the platforms they were done on.</font> <br> <br><font size="2" face="sans-serif">Perhaps the best solution would be to have a service that scrapes discussions from fb and g+ and posts them to the mailing list as a digest?</font> <br><font size="2" face="sans-serif"><br> Kieran D'Archambaud</font> <br><font size="2" face="sans-serif">Lead Game Programmer<br> Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Limited<br> </font><a href="http://eu.playstation.com/"><font size="2" face="sans-serif">http://eu.playstation.com</font></a><font size="2" face="sans-serif"><br> </font> <br> <br> <br> <br><font size="1" color="#5f5f5f" face="sans-serif">From: </font><font size="1" face="sans-serif">Davis Sickmon <<a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>></font> <br><font size="1" color="#5f5f5f" face="sans-serif">To: </font><font size="1" face="sans-serif"><a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a></font> <br><font size="1" color="#5f5f5f" face="sans-serif">Date: </font><font size="1" face="sans-serif">12/09/2013 07:29</font> <br><font size="1" color="#5f5f5f" face="sans-serif">Subject: </font><font size="1" face="sans-serif">Re: [Sweng-Gamedev] Moderator Announcement: SWEng-GameDev on Facebook & Google Plus!</font> <br><font size="1" color="#5f5f5f" face="sans-serif">Sent by: </font><font size="1" face="sans-serif"><a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a></font> <br> <hr noshade=""> <br> <br> <br><font size="3">I went with creating both an FB and a G+ because I know some people who hate FB, and I know some people who hate Google Plus. I'm active on both, so, I wanted to make sure I could let people pick the social network they hated the least ;-)</font> <br> <br><font size="3">Davis</font> <br> <br><font size="3">On Sep 12, 2013, at 1:24 AM, OvermindDL1 <</font><a href="mailto:[email protected]"><font size="3" color="blue"><u>[email protected]</u></font></a><font size="3">> wrote:</font> <br><p><font size="3">I prefer mailing lists, but I will watch it close on G+ at least, never touch Facebook. :-)</font> </p><p><font size="3">On Sep 12, 2013 12:19 AM, "Davis Sickmon" <</font><a href="mailto:[email protected]"><font size="3" color="blue"><u>[email protected]</u></font></a><font size="3">> wrote:</font> <br><font size="3">Ahh, mailing lists - almost a thing of the past. I say almost, as there's still a number of them around, but the traffic levels slowly fall off as they've lost out to forums and social media.<br> <br> Right now, SWEng-GameDev has 2099 members still, though the last posting on here was in March. It's not uncommon for this list to go a couple months without traffic (see the list archives for examples of that), but it's gotten quiet enough I've finally decided to do something I've been wanting to do for a while: create a Facebook group and a Google Plus community to bring it into a slightly more modern platform. Just to be clear: I'm not closing the list, just providing a new avenue for existing members to continue to enjoy the conversations as a part of other workflows :-)<br> <br> Same rules apply for the Facebook / Google Plus group as on here - no spam, no flaming, semi-on topic posts, no beginning programming posts, etc. Basically, a semi-professional to professional discussion about software engineering.<br> <br> Both groups are closed groups to help keep down the number of spammers, etc., and hopefully continue to have a good signal-to-noise ratio (I've already ran into some Facebook game dev groups that have become useless due to open join policies.) Just hit the group on your preferred social network (or both, if you're so inclined) and you'll be added within a day or so! :-)<br> <br> So, the lists:<br> <br> Facebook - </font><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/199062993608677/" target="_blank"><font size="3" color="blue"><u>https://www.facebook.com/groups/199062993608677/</u></font></a><font size="3"><br> <br> Google - </font><a href="https://plus.google.com/communities/104167304358416136228" target="_blank"><font size="3" color="blue"><u>https://plus.google.com/communities/104167304358416136228</u></font></a><font size="3"><br> <br> I'll probably repeat this message twice more - one in two or three weeks, and one in two or three weeks after that on. Beyond that, I'll just be adding it to the subscription page.<br> <br> Hope to see you all on the new groups :-)<br> <br> Davis Ray Sickmon, Jr<br> Midnight Ryder Technologies<br> List Administrator for a freakin' decade - wow this list is old (and that's just how long it's been on my server! ;-)<br> <br> <br> _______________________________________________<br> Sweng-Gamedev mailing list</font><font size="3" color="blue"><u><br> </u></font><a href="mailto:[email protected]"><font size="3" color="blue"><u>[email protected]</u></font></a><font size="3" color="blue"><u><br> </u></font><a href="http://lists.midnightryder.com/listinfo.cgi/sweng-gamedev-midnightryder.com" target="_blank"><font size="3" color="blue"><u>http://lists.midnightryder.com/listinfo.cgi/sweng-gamedev-midnightryder.com</u></font></a> <br><font size="3">_______________________________________________<br> Sweng-Gamedev mailing list</font><font size="3" color="blue"><u><br> </u></font><a href="mailto:[email protected]"><font size="3" color="blue"><u>[email protected]</u></font></a><font size="3"><br> </font><a href="http://lists.midnightryder.com/listinfo.cgi/sweng-gamedev-midnightryder.com"><font size="3">http://lists.midnightryder.com/listinfo.cgi/sweng-gamedev-midnightryder.com</font></a> <br><tt><font size="2">_______________________________________________<br> Sweng-Gamedev mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a><br> </font></tt><a href="http://lists.midnightryder.com/listinfo.cgi/sweng-gamedev-midnightryder.com"><tt><font size="2">http://lists.midnightryder.com/listinfo.cgi/sweng-gamedev-midnightryder.com</font></tt></a><tt><font size="2"><br> </font></tt> <br><font size="2" color="blue" face="sans-serif"><u><br> </u></font><a href="x-msg://4241/"></a><font size="2" face="Arial"><br> **********************************************************************<br> This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. 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