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Jon Kulp (jonkulp)'s status on Saturday, 25-Jul-2015 13:10:36 CEST Jon Kulp I don't use Facebook but my colleague's wife posted a message yesterday to a Lafayette "mom's group" saying I had a free kids swing set and it took about 15 seconds to find a taker. I don't plan to use Facebook ever, but there's something to be said for widespread adoption, to be able to reach people so quickly in your own locale. Can't do that on GNU social. -
tuttle (tuttle)'s status on Saturday, 25-Jul-2015 13:15:12 CEST tuttle You can't do that.. yet! :) -
Jon Kulp (jonkulp)'s status on Saturday, 25-Jul-2015 13:34:09 CEST Jon Kulp @tuttle maybe in the future but I think right now the nearest GS user I know of is more than a thousand miles away. Couple of years ago @lnxw48 was 50 miles away in Baton Rouge but he moved on... -
Andrew Conway (mcnalu)'s status on Saturday, 25-Jul-2015 13:36:35 CEST Andrew Conway @jonkulp I once founded a community group to look after a local park. The website I created was mostly ignored but soon there was an active Facebook page, which was great, but I was left completely out of touch until I asked a friend to pass on useful info from Facebook. -
tuttle (tuttle)'s status on Saturday, 25-Jul-2015 13:47:56 CEST tuttle @mcnalu somsants is also some kind of local/social initiative. Nearly everyone with an account here (150 users http://gstools.org/servers/23 ) lives within a 3km radius. Historically, towns have had public noticeboards but now in this modern age, we don't have geocentric 2.0 forums. Maybe we never will, but it's worth a try. -
Jon Kulp (jonkulp)'s status on Saturday, 25-Jul-2015 13:49:55 CEST Jon Kulp @mcnalu I can see how that would happen. -
lnxw48 (Linux Walt) (lnxw48)'s status on Saturday, 25-Jul-2015 19:37:42 CEST lnxw48 (Linux Walt) @jonkulp @tuttle I think @cmhobbs is closer than that. He's in #Arkansas. Which is still a long way, but maybe not 1,000 miles. -
deprecated_nds (oldnds)'s status on Saturday, 25-Jul-2015 19:45:19 CEST deprecated_nds @jonkulp @tuttle @cmhobbs @lnxw48 I think he moved to California! -
Andrew Conway (mcnalu)'s status on Saturday, 25-Jul-2015 21:25:12 CEST Andrew Conway @tuttle that's great. Wish I could figure out how to get folk I know round here to try something similar. -
Jon Kulp (jonkulp)'s status on Saturday, 25-Jul-2015 22:01:34 CEST Jon Kulp @daw I'm very close to center of town. Howdy neighbor! -
Jon Kulp (jonkulp)'s status on Saturday, 25-Jul-2015 22:03:06 CEST Jon Kulp @daw shoot, that's only half a day's drive now -
Jon Kulp (jonkulp)'s status on Saturday, 25-Jul-2015 22:07:21 CEST Jon Kulp @daw I remember that guy I think. We go to new Orleans a few times a year. Could have met up. -
Windigo ☴ (windigo)'s status on Saturday, 25-Jul-2015 22:07:36 CEST Windigo ☴ @jonkulp Heck yeah, man. All the business in our small town goes through a facebook group or two. The GF keeps me informed. :) -
Jon Kulp (jonkulp)'s status on Saturday, 25-Jul-2015 22:08:49 CEST Jon Kulp @windigo Long as you got someone else close by with an account, no need to get one yourself. -
lnxw48 (Linux Walt) (lnxw48)'s status on Saturday, 25-Jul-2015 22:24:46 CEST lnxw48 (Linux Walt) @daw @jonkulp I've not seen @edythemighty anywhere since I closed my #GPlus (less than a year after it opened). -
lnxw48 (Linux Walt) (lnxw48)'s status on Sunday, 26-Jul-2015 02:02:10 CEST lnxw48 (Linux Walt) @cmhobbs @jonkulp #Mapquest says about 9 hours. http://url.federati.net/AmYAz /CC: @tuttle -
lnxw48 (Linux Walt) (lnxw48)'s status on Sunday, 26-Jul-2015 02:27:00 CEST lnxw48 (Linux Walt) @daw True. Or stopping to 'give back' #coffee. -
mmn (mmn)'s status on Sunday, 26-Jul-2015 02:47:55 CEST mmn Just work harder on getting people to join !gnusocial. Offer them your old junk as a welcome gift. Bam - solved two of your problems at once! -
deprecated_nds (oldnds)'s status on Sunday, 26-Jul-2015 05:22:13 CEST deprecated_nds boo! -
tuttle (tuttle)'s status on Sunday, 26-Jul-2015 13:46:49 CEST tuttle @mcnalu My experience is. 1) Explain the idea at neighbourhood meetings 2) See the number of users bump up 3) See how nobody uses it. -
simsa0 (simsa0)'s status on Sunday, 26-Jul-2015 15:54:29 CEST simsa0 ... and create two projects instead of one? Who has time and nerves for this? -
simsa0 (simsa0)'s status on Sunday, 26-Jul-2015 16:03:04 CEST simsa0 There is no need to use every medium around as long as you know people who do and can post a message in your name. That suffices. It's like subscribing to people on Social Media: You don't need to subscribe to everybody, just subscribe to those who repeat the messages of all those other people you find interesting. That helps keep your timeline uncluttered and you still get the important messages. And yes, GS is no help in that. Not even in principle, I'…
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