Re: [DotGNU]dotgnu community on orkut.com

[Norbert Bollow]

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Rhys Weatherley <address@hidden> wrote:

> On Saturday 07 February 2004 10:08 am, Norbert Bollow wrote:
> 
> > Any DotGNU'er who would like an invitation to become an orkut member
> > is welcome to drop me a quick email (off-list), and I'll "invite"
> > you.
> 
> What benefit does this give us beyond the mailing lists and IRC
> channel?
> 
> As was pointed out at LCA, we need to make it easier for new people
> to find us, be able to figure out what it is that we do, and then
> join in.  I have to agree with Marcus in that I don't see how an
> invite-only group would do that.

Despite their "invite-only" policy, Orkut is pretty big ( > 40000
members, more than 200 of which have explicitly expressed interest
in C# programming) and growing quickly.  Having a presence there,
i.e. a "community" with more than just a handful members, may well
support the objective "to make it easier for new people to find us,
be able to figure out what it is that we do, and then join in".

Greetings, Norbert.

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