yoreei Posted April 13, 2016 Report Share Posted April 13, 2016 0 A.D. Group on Facebook I wanted to let you know that I created an open 0 A.D. Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/0adgroup I think it will be a good way to spread the word about 0. A.D. and provide the community another way to stay in touch and a place they can exchange their thoughts, opinions, screenshots, etc. Think of it as #0ad (the IRC) but on Facebook. An excerpt from what I wrote in the group itself: " Why not the official 0 A.D. Facebook page? - Because pages are all about the Brand, and groups are all about the Community. Your posts are the center of attention here, feel free to talk about anything that's related to 0. A.D. or its time period. Why not the official 0 A.D. forums? - I feel as if a Facebook group can give 0 A.D. much more exposure and spread the word about the project better. The official page is good in this aspect too, but as I pointed out earlier, it has a different, more centralized mechanism. " This is not intended to draw attention away from the official page or the forums, rather the opposite. See you there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanderd17 Posted April 13, 2016 Report Share Posted April 13, 2016 It's nice you want to spread the word. Though I don't know if we will be able to monitor the group closely. So as long as it's for discussing some strategies, sharing games, ... that's fine. But if someone actually has a bug to report, or a support question you can't answer in your group, it would still be best to guide them to the forums, trac or IRC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoreei Posted April 13, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2016 3 minutes ago, sanderd17 said: It's nice you want to spread the word. Though I don't know if we will be able to monitor the group closely. So as long as it's for discussing some strategies, sharing games, ... that's fine. But if someone actually has a bug to report, or a support question you can't answer in your group, it would still be best to guide them to the forums, trac or IRC. Indeed, I didn't mean to spread the developers' worries by spreading the word. In my view, the group should act by itself and make references and lead to the original pages/content. There are a lot of such communities around famous projects which clearly state that they are not officially monitored by the mother project (though, it would be nice if some reputable people from 0 A.D. joined the discussion, became admins, etc.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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