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On Sun, Mar 25, 2012 at 5:08 PM, Nekhelesh <krnekhelesh@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 03/25/2012 11:04 PM, Jo-Erlend Schinstad wrote:
>>
>> I agree that "broadcast" is a suboptimal term to use. But the question is;
>> what would be better? At least for now, I think the term "social networks"
>> is better. Or "microblogs". I guess it all depends on how Gwibber will be
>> used in the future.
>>
> @Jo-Erlend, the plans for Gwibber include Google+ support, multiple columns
> etc..for the next cycle. Also for the near future (ubuntu 12.04, 12.10 ...)
> the functionality of Gwibber is not going to change rapidly. Hence Social
> Networks or Microblogs would be suitable for now and perhaps for the next 2
> Ubuntu releases.
>
>

Isn't "microblogs" similarly jargon-y? I don't think ordinary people
are familiar with that term. "Set up social accounts" or "Set up
social network accounts" seems to be the clearest way to say it.