Comments on: Launchpad now on Twitter and identi.ca! http://blog.launchpad.net/general/launchpad-now-on-twitter-and-identica Thoughts from the Launchpad team Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:43:48 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Alan Pope http://blog.launchpad.net/general/launchpad-now-on-twitter-and-identica/comment-page-1#comment-30019 Alan Pope Thu, 22 Jan 2009 14:41:54 +0000 http://news.launchpad.net/?p=326#comment-30019 Nice idea. Had a play and created these for tracking new bugs in ubuntu:- http://twitter.com/ubuntubugs http://identi.ca/ubuntubugs . Not sure they will be able to keep up as twitterfeed only updates every 30 mins and posts 5 bugs. I suspect there are more bugs than that filed in Ubuntu, especially at peak times. Nice idea.

Had a play and created these for tracking new bugs in ubuntu:-

http://twitter.com/ubuntubugs
http://identi.ca/ubuntubugs .

Not sure they will be able to keep up as twitterfeed only updates every 30 mins and posts 5 bugs. I suspect there are more bugs than that filed in Ubuntu, especially at peak times.

]]> By: Brad Crittenden http://blog.launchpad.net/general/launchpad-now-on-twitter-and-identica/comment-page-1#comment-19880 Brad Crittenden Tue, 16 Dec 2008 18:41:20 +0000 http://news.launchpad.net/?p=326#comment-19880 Thanks Chuck and John for the extra information regarding TwitterFeed and laconi.ca. When I first set up the Twitter account for the bugs feeds I was disappointed to find it did not support laconi.ca so I could only set it up for Twitter. I checked back a time or two but hadn't noticed that they now support laconi.ca. Thanks Chuck and John for the extra information regarding TwitterFeed and laconi.ca. When I first set up the Twitter account for the bugs feeds I was disappointed to find it did not support laconi.ca so I could only set it up for Twitter. I checked back a time or two but hadn’t noticed that they now support laconi.ca.

]]> By: Michael http://blog.launchpad.net/general/launchpad-now-on-twitter-and-identica/comment-page-1#comment-19537 Michael Sat, 13 Dec 2008 01:18:58 +0000 http://news.launchpad.net/?p=326#comment-19537 Cool! Now that we have all these new ways to subscribe to such things, can we have a single way to subscribe to new blueprints now? :) For developers of small projects like myself I really really really want to be able to be notified when new blueprints are created. Right now it is a pain to go to the blueprints page every so often and try to see which ones are new. It would really help projects and developers get more in touch with what users are requesting. Cool! Now that we have all these new ways to subscribe to such things, can we have a single way to subscribe to new blueprints now? :) For developers of small projects like myself I really really really want to be able to be notified when new blueprints are created. Right now it is a pain to go to the blueprints page every so often and try to see which ones are new. It would really help projects and developers get more in touch with what users are requesting.

]]> By: Matthew Revell http://blog.launchpad.net/general/launchpad-now-on-twitter-and-identica/comment-page-1#comment-19484 Matthew Revell Fri, 12 Dec 2008 10:37:19 +0000 http://news.launchpad.net/?p=326#comment-19484 Hi Chuck - I've updated the post. I didn't realise that TwitterFeed supports identi.ca. Hi Chuck – I’ve updated the post. I didn’t realise that TwitterFeed supports identi.ca.

]]> By: Chuck http://blog.launchpad.net/general/launchpad-now-on-twitter-and-identica/comment-page-1#comment-19451 Chuck Fri, 12 Dec 2008 02:35:19 +0000 http://news.launchpad.net/?p=326#comment-19451 Hi Matt, Sorry for the confusion with my initial response. First the word 'forcing' was a poor choice. I was thinking more 'encouraging' and don't know why forcing came out. Like you and Brad, this was my first experience checking out twitterfeed. When I saw the option to switch between twitter and laconi.ca servers on the input page I had to guess that the choice to use twitter for the feeds in your instructions was a choice of popularity of the site. Hi Matt,

Sorry for the confusion with my initial response.

First the word ‘forcing’ was a poor choice. I was thinking more ‘encouraging’ and don’t know why forcing came out.

Like you and Brad, this was my first experience checking out twitterfeed. When I saw the option to switch between twitter and laconi.ca servers on the input page I had to guess that the choice to use twitter for the feeds in your instructions was a choice of popularity of the site.

]]> By: LaserJock http://blog.launchpad.net/general/launchpad-now-on-twitter-and-identica/comment-page-1#comment-19426 LaserJock Thu, 11 Dec 2008 21:08:53 +0000 http://news.launchpad.net/?p=326#comment-19426 Wow, this is fantastic! Especially for small projects with a single or maybe a few developers I can see this as a really nice way to show what's going on. I'm not sure I'd want to get subscribed to all of Ubuntu's bugs on twitter/identi.ca though ;-) Thanks especially for the twitterfeed howto, most helpful. Wow, this is fantastic! Especially for small projects with a single or maybe a few developers I can see this as a really nice way to show what’s going on. I’m not sure I’d want to get subscribed to all of Ubuntu’s bugs on twitter/identi.ca though ;-)

Thanks especially for the twitterfeed howto, most helpful.

]]> By: Matthew Revell http://blog.launchpad.net/general/launchpad-now-on-twitter-and-identica/comment-page-1#comment-19425 Matthew Revell Thu, 11 Dec 2008 21:04:33 +0000 http://news.launchpad.net/?p=326#comment-19425 Thanks for that John! I'll update the blog post to reflect that. Thanks for that John! I’ll update the blog post to reflect that.

]]> By: John Drinkwater http://blog.launchpad.net/general/launchpad-now-on-twitter-and-identica/comment-page-1#comment-19424 John Drinkwater Thu, 11 Dec 2008 20:59:55 +0000 http://news.launchpad.net/?p=326#comment-19424 n.b. Twitterfeed supports laconi.ca hosts as well. n.b. Twitterfeed supports laconi.ca hosts as well.

]]> By: Matthew Revell http://blog.launchpad.net/general/launchpad-now-on-twitter-and-identica/comment-page-1#comment-19422 Matthew Revell Thu, 11 Dec 2008 20:49:42 +0000 http://news.launchpad.net/?p=326#comment-19422 Hi Chuck, No one's forcing anyone to use Twitter. The bug feeds are Atom feeds and so an open format. It just happens that we came across TwitterFeed.com, which converts an Atom feed into Twitter posts, and thought it'd be an interesting little experiment. Brad and I thought it'd be cool to share our experience of that. If you know of something that converts Atom feeds into identi.ca posts, please share it with us. We're posting our news updates to identi.ca as well as Twitter and I can't see any reason why all the same information wouldn't be available in other forms, such as this blog. So, I'm not sure I see a problem here. Matthew. Hi Chuck,

No one’s forcing anyone to use Twitter. The bug feeds are Atom feeds and so an open format. It just happens that we came across TwitterFeed.com, which converts an Atom feed into Twitter posts, and thought it’d be an interesting little experiment. Brad and I thought it’d be cool to share our experience of that. If you know of something that converts Atom feeds into identi.ca posts, please share it with us.

We’re posting our news updates to identi.ca as well as Twitter and I can’t see any reason why all the same information wouldn’t be available in other forms, such as this blog. So, I’m not sure I see a problem here.

Matthew.

]]> By: Chuck http://blog.launchpad.net/general/launchpad-now-on-twitter-and-identica/comment-page-1#comment-19414 Chuck Thu, 11 Dec 2008 19:27:47 +0000 http://news.launchpad.net/?p=326#comment-19414 I'm disappointed. Why are you choosing to focus this project with a closed source system such as Twitter rather than making the primary platform of the messaging an open system such as laconi.ca? Going with Laconi.ca gives developers the option to run on identi.ca with their bugs account or run their own server. Others on any laconi.ca installation can subscribe and use as they will. Going with Twitter and forcing F/OSS devs and users to create an account on and use a closed source system just feels wrong when there is a strong and viable F/OSS alternative. At least with Launchpad we were told early on that it would [eventually] become a F/OSS project at a mature point. Twitter, afaik, has made no such intention known. [Feature request for the blog: Add OpenID logins to comment with] I’m disappointed.

Why are you choosing to focus this project with a closed source system such as Twitter rather than making the primary platform of the messaging an open system such as laconi.ca?

Going with Laconi.ca gives developers the option to run on identi.ca with their bugs account or run their own server. Others on any laconi.ca installation can subscribe and use as they will.

Going with Twitter and forcing F/OSS devs and users to create an account on and use a closed source system just feels wrong when there is a strong and viable F/OSS alternative.

At least with Launchpad we were told early on that it would [eventually] become a F/OSS project at a mature point. Twitter, afaik, has made no such intention known.

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