Official Wine community on Google+?

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Official Wine community on Google+?

Post by fernandocarvalho »

Is there an official Wine community on Google+?
If not, I would suggest someone from Wine team to create one.
In my opinion is one of best ways to share something with people and see what people is thinking about Wine development directions.
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Re: Official Wine community on Google+?

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Plusses:
Google+ has a really nice interface.

Minuses:
It could split the community, making it harder to get answers,
and harder to post announcements that reached everyone.
Also, some people don't like Google. (Just like some people,
myself included, don't like Facebook, another possible choice.)

I'd suggest holding off until there's an obvious critical mass
of wine users posting on google+. (Hint, hint.)
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Re: Official Wine community on Google+?

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I agree that the split issue would arise, but I think that we can workaround it, by adding a share button on the forums, where users might share their issues with communities on Google+.
I thought that Google+ was a great deal, because there are plenty of opensource developers there (like the kernel developers, including Linus), and Google is much more opensource friendly than any other major company out there, so in my opinion, there would be less rejection from the opensource community.
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Re: Official Wine community on Google+?

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What is the recommended Wine tag for Google+ in order to not create confusion with the wine drink?
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Re: Official Wine community on Google+?

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http://www.winehq.org/site/forums

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