[sustran] Re: Extending Sustran

[Bongardt, Daniel GIZ CN]

Hi Eric and Carlos,
I like facebook and google plus as networks and the extended audiance. A problem here in China is that both networks are blocked by the government. In addition, we might have to consider the target group, i myself still struggle a bit with facebook as it mixes my professional and private network.
Best
Daniel

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Am 24.08.2012 um 20:41 schrieb "Carlosfelipe Pardo" <carlosfpardo at gmail.com>:

> Hi Eric,
>
> I think Facebook is good as a social networking site, but not as an
> archive of discussions. I love the fact that I can search something in
> the sustran archive, because many people are always giving many useful
> links or anecdotes or references that sometimes I've needed to support
> an argument. Facebook wouldn't have that capability, I think it is too
> ephemeral for these discussions... unless we want to have ephemeral
> discussions, in which case I'd suggest we do a Facebook page for that
> purpose.
>
> Carlos.
>
> On 24/08/2012 06:18 a.m., eric britton wrote:
>> Dear Sustraners,
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>> Here's an idea which I put before you for your comments and suggestions. It
>> involves a Facebook Sustran Global South page which we set up at
>> http://www.facebook.com/groups/worldstreets/  and which we propose as a
>> possible complement to the original Sustran-Discuss site launched in the
>> late nineties at  http://list.jca.apc.org/manage/listinfo/sustran-discuss. I
>> personally have no fixed ideas on this, but let me share with you my
>> thoughts.
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>> Hate or love Facebook we at least are finding that it is a valuable tool and
>> part of our overall communications strategy.  The software behind the pages
>> that we work with is being steadily improved, and we are finding it a lot
>> more efficient than the Yahoo Groups fora that we started to set up already
>> in the mid-nineties.  I like that it permits the easy exchange of images,
>> photographs, and videos , as well as handling html pretty well, all of which
>> makes a nice addition.
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>> The popular original Sustran-Discuss Forum offers a fine collaborative
>> platform for exchanging information, ideas and comments and serves us well
>> for peer exchanges in matters involving specifically sustainable transport
>> in the Global South for more than a dozen years now. But as we have seen in
>> linking the main World Streets site (www.WorldStreets.org) to a parallel
>> Facebook group at http://www.facebook.com/worldstreets, there is good
>> potential for creative interaction between the two which increases both the
>> reach and the depth of the discussions. The W/S Facebook page, for example,
>> currently brings in an additional 1453 (as of this morning)  cogent minds to
>> the issues.
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>> Today and without really trying we have a modest 67 members on the Sustran
>> page, but it is at least a start.   Again, my hope is that the two devices
>> will enhance and support each other.
>>
>>
>>
>> I look forward to your reactions and suggestions on this.  If you have
>> questions, let me try to answer them here or directly to me via
>> eric.britton at ecoplan.org.
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>>
>> Eric Britton
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