Re: Moderator Announcement: SWEng-GameDev on Facebook & Google Plus!

+1 for the mailing list ;)

On 2013-09-12 08:24 , OvermindDL1 wrote:
> I prefer mailing lists, but I will watch it close on G+ at least, never
> touch Facebook.  :-)
>
> On Sep 12, 2013 12:19 AM, "Davis Sickmon" <[email protected]
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>
>     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.
>
>     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 :-)
>
>     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.
>
>     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! :-)
>
>     So, the lists:
>
>     Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/199062993608677/
>
>     Google - https://plus.google.com/communities/104167304358416136228
>
>     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.
>
>     Hope to see you all on the new groups :-)
>
>     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! ;-)
>
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