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[Martin Pool <mbp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 28 October 2010 12:46, Matthew Revell <matthew.revell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> I think people should tweet from their own account tagged #launchpad.
>> Use pad.lv urls.
>
> As a Launchpad user, I'd rather see these tweets/dents come from the
> Launchpad identi.ca/Twitter accounts. I don't want to have to follow
> several people, or run a tag search, to see what's changed in
> Launchpad.
>
> Not everyone has write access to the LP Twitter and identi.ca accounts
> but I can certainly give that access to members of the Canonical LP
> team and will act as a proxy for community contributors.

One pattern for this in microblogging is for the official account to
retweet messages from individuals to broadcast and endorse them.

>> A short tweet that actually gets sent promptly is better than a blog
>> post that gets procrastinated about.
>
> I agree but I think we should always aim to blog about changes that
> are interesting, either because of the impact they have on people who
> use Launchpad or because they are implemented in some cool way.

+1

> If you're working on something that you reckon is announcement-worthy,
> and it seems I haven't spotted it, do ping/mail/call me.

Or just post it to the blog!  Everyone should have write access, right?

-- 
Martin