Received: from localhost ([::1]:56808 helo=stodi.digitalkingdom.org) by stodi.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80.1) (envelope-from ) id 1WIEeO-0001PW-8e; Tue, 25 Feb 2014 01:50:08 -0800 Received: from mail-ve0-f169.google.com ([209.85.128.169]:35332) by stodi.digitalkingdom.org with esmtps (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.80.1) (envelope-from ) id 1WIEeD-0001PL-67 for llg-members@lojban.org; Tue, 25 Feb 2014 01:50:06 -0800 Received: by mail-ve0-f169.google.com with SMTP id c14so138634vea.14 for ; Tue, 25 Feb 2014 01:49:49 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=URVZtdvdHa6OhW007mIT/ipY7zf+8PZwpAFYx0kRDgU=; b=fAN5IGG9aD2yEpYPBR4hvd43Mur0zXaixLtvyo2Shm0NkQV/2/CkhKAagXWobmkLA1 xovzhZh6hEa1i1Yl+rJBlqiBGDDROr5H6EvP3EIkul7DHBVhz5EP7IkTVn2kO0e87RHD rEIlImXKdoXhbrEBCuTsQ9q+DYEyws2uF9ECe6g+7ByfPf0crXkkKv/alIbwriyuhges hobhIxBOlBbcYWf0j+otdBSJOeh57SLX/OVCejcVryCQ4DHp8TSkN1AzcbYwf7uvAfGT B4d7O2vMSEabo/F0rZY+9Mg+hxzzJVsXciIp6pfduFOG3ZKiTpF9nc/CZen2o0yzVMXE uXnw== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.52.81.66 with SMTP id y2mr156199vdx.23.1393321789552; Tue, 25 Feb 2014 01:49:49 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.220.150.16 with HTTP; Tue, 25 Feb 2014 01:49:49 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <52E80298.4090002@lojban.org> <530A53D7.1070201@lojban.org> <530A565D.6090106@lojban.org> <530A6E90.5030801@lojban.org> <45BB7196-B513-4118-A33C-A91CC9FE6BFF@whitlock.org> Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2014 14:49:49 +0500 Message-ID: From: Ali Sajid Imami To: llg-members@lojban.org X-Spam-Score: -0.1 (/) X-Spam_score: -0.1 X-Spam_score_int: 0 X-Spam_bar: / Subject: Re: [Llg-members] *** LLG 2013 Annual Meeting: New Business: Ali's discussion about creating a cohesive international community X-BeenThere: llg-members@lojban.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list Reply-To: llg-members@lojban.org List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============2313135199863125496==" Errors-To: llg-members-bounces@lojban.org --===============2313135199863125496== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a1136776a52fce804f33802ee --001a1136776a52fce804f33802ee Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Facebook images will be invaluable in this, and given enough people, we can both generate them procedurally and have them posted with multiple translations. Twitter can, initially, hold short snippets tweeted in English/lojban pairs and going forward other languages as well, and it can also hold the fb links. Yahoo ang Google groups have gotten a bit old for newer audiences, and they also have a connotation of being too "geek-centered", so to speak. We can, probably, create a smaller social network using many of the available prebuilt social network frameworks and translate them into lojban. The lojban wikipedia is being edited sporadically these days as well. Gleki is also trying to build a lojban-only wiki. That can also be used. But that said, We really need yto have lojban noticed by more people by having influential people talk about it. Maybe write blogs about it in various newspapers or something? Regards, Ali Sajid Imami CTO Devolution Games On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 10:58 AM, Theodore Reed wrote: > Don't we have accounts for those already? > > > On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 9:37 PM, TommyLee Whitlock wrote: > >> Like! ;-) >> >> TommyLee >> >> >> On Feb 24, 2014, at 11:43 PM, Craig Daniel >> wrote: >> > As a social media professional (partly): Facebook is great for >> > marketing to people in their late twenties and older (and provides a >> > reasonable discussion forum option, though everyone technically >> > inclined that I know still prefers e-mail lists for that purpose). >> > Twitter has a somewhat smaller reach but is much more of an all-ages >> > thing; for those focusing on the tween, teen, and college age >> > segments, Twitter and Instagram (and to a lesser extent Pinterest) is >> > where it's at. >> > >> > I'm not sure Lojban manifests itself in visual enough ways for >> > Instagram to make any sense at all. Having an official Lojban Facebook >> > page (as in, page people follow, not group - the jboste seems fine for >> > that kind of use) and Twitter account that duplicate the same content >> > via two platforms would be easy enough to set up, and I can offer a >> > little bit of advice about how to administer them. I'm happy to help >> > make this work, but I feel that I'm not currently plugged into the >> > language and its userbase enough to do much of the content generation. >> > >> > I'd be inclined to suggest that, given that we're promoting a language >> > but (mostly) to people who aren't particularly close to fluent, such >> > an account should make all posts bilingual, saying the same thing in >> > English (still the majority native language of Lojbanists) and Lojban. >> > >> > - mi'e .kreig.daniyl. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Llg-members mailing list >> Llg-members@lojban.org >> http://mail.lojban.org/mailman/listinfo/llg-members >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Llg-members mailing list > Llg-members@lojban.org > http://mail.lojban.org/mailman/listinfo/llg-members > > --001a1136776a52fce804f33802ee Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Facebook images will be invaluable in this, and given e= nough people, we can both generate them procedurally and have them posted w= ith multiple translations. Twitter can, initially, hold short snippets twee= ted in English/lojban pairs and going forward other languages as well, and = it can also hold the fb links. Yahoo ang Google groups have gotten a bit ol= d for newer audiences, and they also have a connotation of being too "= geek-centered", so to speak. We can, probably, create a smaller social= network using many of the available prebuilt social network frameworks and= translate them into lojban.

The lojban wikipedia is being edited sporadically these days as well. G= leki is also trying to build a lojban-only wiki. That can also be used.
=
But that said, We really need yto have lojban noticed by more people by= having influential people talk about it. Maybe write blogs about it in var= ious newspapers or something?



Regards,
Ali Sajid Imami
CTO
Devolution Games


On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 10:58 AM, Theodo= re Reed <ted.reed@gmail.com> wrote:
Don't we have accounts for those already?


On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 9:37 PM, TommyLee Whitlock <tommylee@whitlock.org> wrote:
Like! =C2=A0;-)

TommyLee


On Feb 24, 2014, at 11:43 PM, Craig Daniel <craigbdaniel@gmail.com> wrote:
> As a social media professional (partly): Facebook is great for
> marketing to people in their late twenties and older (and provides a > reasonable discussion forum option, though everyone technically
> inclined that I know still prefers e-mail lists for that purpose).
> Twitter has a somewhat smaller reach but is much more of an all-ages > thing; for those focusing on the tween, teen, and college age
> segments, Twitter and Instagram (and to a lesser extent Pinterest) is<= br> > where it's at.
>
> I'm not sure Lojban manifests itself in visual enough ways for
> Instagram to make any sense at all. Having an official Lojban Facebook=
> page (as in, page people follow, not group - the jboste seems fine for=
> that kind of use) and Twitter account that duplicate the same content<= br> > via two platforms would be easy enough to set up, and I can offer a > little bit of advice about how to administer them. I'm happy to he= lp
> make this work, but I feel that I'm not currently plugged into the=
> language and its userbase enough to do much of the content generation.=
>
> I'd be inclined to suggest that, given that we're promoting a = language
> but (mostly) to people who aren't particularly close to fluent, su= ch
> an account should make all posts bilingual, saying the same thing in > English (still the majority native language of Lojbanists) and Lojban.=
>
> - mi'e .kreig.daniyl.


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