> wrote:
> I'm unexcited about moving this discussion to facebook, I don't like
> that people can invite me to facebook groups willy-nilly and I
> suddenly start getting a mess of facebook email. I can probably find a
> setting to turn that off, but I haven't bothered.
> I'll survive if that's what we have to do.
> -ccm
> On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 11:27 PM, Keith Bennett <keithrbenn...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > All -
> > I'm just an outsider, but here's my take on all this...
> > Discussion is the life blood of a virtual group, and as such its home
> should
> > be very carefully chosen.
> > Meetup's discussion features are limited, and are IMO inadequate for an
> > active technical group.
> > Facebook reminds me of the time I was in a tiger park in Chiang Mai
> > (photo at
> http://www.bbs-software.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/tiger-kin...
> ).
> > Sure, you can hang out with a tiger from time to time, but who's to tell
> > when it's
> > going to turn on you? At the heart of it, I guess I don't trust
> Facebook.
> > I like being able to read and reply to the messages via email, where I
> have
> > a plethora of client applications from which to choose. Heck, there's
> > probably a way to
> > read Google Group messages on a text only terminal. (There are
> definitely
> > text mode
> > nntp readers, but I think most Google Groups these days are not Usenet
> > groups,
> > to avoid spam.)
> > Google is a behemoth enterprise like Facebook, but I feel they're more
> > conscientious and trustworthy than Facebook.
> > I realize that some of these opinions are subjective, based on feelings
> > rather than thorough objective examination, but my preference is Google
> > Groups.
> > - Keith
> > --
> > Keith R. Bennett
> > http://about.me/keithrbennett
> > On 9/10/2012 10:03 AM, Paul Gallagher wrote:
> > btw Andy - thanks for funding meetup from the conference takings. I now
> find
> > I'm in 4 meetup groups in Singapore, and I can start to see it work quite
> > well. The discussions/mailing list aspect is the one part that is only
> now
> > just starting to fire.
> > I think we just see for a bit how this all shakes out.
> > But it's interesting that we are discussing all this in the google
> group;-)
> > And I shudder a little when imagining a future where this all takes
> place in
> > Facebook. OK perhaps if you are a .net user group .. but not for the
> kind of
> > ruby folks I know;-)
> > Cheers,
> > Paul
> > On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 9:38 PM, Andy Croll <andycr...@deepcalm.com>
> wrote:
> >> I struggle to work out which of Google Groups or Facebook I dislike
> >> more...
> >> The meetup thing, I paid for from the conference profit, to have a more
> >> active platform to reach out and poke everyone when we're having a meet
> up.
> >> That was my only intention.
> >> http://www.meetup.com/Singapore-Ruby-Group/
> >> I feel like meetup has its issues as well... The commenting and
> >> discussions (even the image resizing) are pretty crappy.: someone could
> >> build an open source 'meetup' management service. There's a nice little
> >> project for someone :-)
> >> Andy
> >> On Monday, September 10, 2012 10:33:23 AM UTC+8, JasonOng wrote:
> >>> I too has resisted the idea of FB group til I saw those lively
> activities
> >>> from the other user groups on FB. Let's give it a shot. If it doesn't
> work
> >>> we can close it or maybe the next wave of ruby folks would enjoy the
> >>> discussions on FB better.
> >>> On Sun, Sep 9, 2012 at 7:01 PM, Roy Wang <dino...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>> Seems excessive.
> >>>> On Sun, Sep 9, 2012 at 11:52 PM, Sau Sheong Chang <saus...@gmail.com>
> >>>> wrote:
> >>>>> I'm for sticking with the Google Groups for ongoing conversations,
> and
> >>>>> Meetup for the meetup announcements. Not really in favor of the
> Facebook
> >>>>> Group, not sure how that'll give more to us than what we already
> have. But
> >>>>> I'll go with the community if that's what everyone thinks is best.
> >>>>> On Sunday, 9 September 2012 20:51:36 UTC+8, Zack Yap wrote:
> >>>>>> Hi all!
> >>>>>> Facebook groups have been great for discussions and sharing of
> >>>>>> resources so I set one up.
> >>>>>> You can join the group at
> >>>>>> http://www.facebook.com/groups/singaporerubybrigade/
> >>>>>> It's an open group so as Uncle Ben would say...
> >>>>>> With great power comes great responsibility.
> >>>>>> Let's make sure the group's for good ol' Ruby sharing and
> discussions.
> >>>>>> :)
> >>>>>> aka let's not spam
> >>>>>> Cheers!
> >>>>> --
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> >>> JasonOng
> >>> ---
> >>> web: http://bit.ly/jasonong
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