Given that PHP is an open source language, and I (for one) am part of
this list because it's an open source community of sorts, I think it'd
be a big step backward to switch to Facebook (I'd rather move towards a
more open - and open source - platform instead. Google Groups is
marginally better than FB, but it's still a corporate platform). By all
means recruit members for an open community (that's separate from FB)
*on* Facebook - it is, after all, where many people are (for better or
worse) but I think it's a big mistake for an open community to
voluntarily develop a dependence on such a closed platform. I'd
certainly abandon the group if it was moving that way.
Cheers,
Dave
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