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General FreeSpace => FreeSpace Discussion => Topic started by: Kopachris on January 23, 2013, 03:28:49 am

Title: FS community and social media
Post by: Kopachris on January 23, 2013, 03:28:49 am

Does the FS community make much use of social media?  Are there any FS-mod-community-related blogs, Twitter feeds, etc?  Or is HLP pretty much it?

Title: Re: FS community and social media
Post by: MatthTheGeek on January 23, 2013, 03:30:30 am

I have heard we have a facebook and google+ page. That's probably it.

Title: Re: FS community and social media
Post by: BritishShivans on January 23, 2013, 03:45:17 am

Some people from HLP have a tumblr, well barely. There's only something like 3 people from here who have a tumblr, including me.

Title: Re: FS community and social media
Post by: The E on January 23, 2013, 03:49:26 am

There's also @HardLightPro on Twitter.

Title: Re: FS community and social media
Post by: headdie on January 23, 2013, 03:58:44 am

http://www.facebook.com/groups/8990888471/ for the FB group

Title: Re: FS community and social media
Post by: Kopachris on January 23, 2013, 04:11:46 am

I've been thinking about maybe doing a blog.  Perhaps a more mainstream news format could get more people interested in the game.  Spotlights on new projects, news about releases, asset of the day/week/month/whatever spotlights (e.g. ships, textures, interface art, demo missions) to bring interest to projects under development, and other miscellaneous highlights (e.g. fanart, fanfiction, fan videos).  Maybe throw in a few tutorials here and there.

Thoughts?  Great idea?  Won't work?  Unnecessary/redundant?

Title: Re: FS community and social media
Post by: 666maslo666 on January 23, 2013, 04:24:35 am

There is the Freespace Subreddit (http://www.reddit.com/r/freespace).

Title: Re: FS community and social media
Post by: MatthTheGeek on January 23, 2013, 04:57:40 am

Quote from: Kopachris on January 23, 2013, 04:11:46 am

I've been thinking about maybe doing a blog.  Perhaps a more mainstream news format could get more people interested in the game.

Wait, mainstream ? I thought blogs stopped being popular a decade ago ?

Title: Re: FS community and social media
Post by: Kopachris on January 23, 2013, 05:25:12 am

Quote from: MatthTheGeek on January 23, 2013, 04:57:40 am

Quote from: Kopachris on January 23, 2013, 04:11:46 am

I've been thinking about maybe doing a blog.  Perhaps a more mainstream news format could get more people interested in the game.

Wait, mainstream ? I thought blogs stopped being popular a decade ago ?

No, blogs per se only stopped being popular a few years ago.  Forums stopped being popular a decade ago.  Certain types of blogs--especially ones oriented toward a specific topic--still are popular.  For example, Cheezburger Network is a collection of blogs and is very popular.  Gawker Media's various blogs are still quite popular.  The blog Equestria Daily was instrumental in the rise of the brony phenomenon.

Title: Re: FS community and social media
Post by: redsniper on January 23, 2013, 08:46:25 am

I'm actually an admin or something of the FB page. All I ever really do is answer join requests. Dekker's the one who started it, so ask him about it. :p