<html><head></head><body><div dir="auto">It's been around many years, not really used... A FB group for the New Zealand Linux and Open Source community:<br><br><<a href="https://facebook.com/groups/35702173285/">https://facebook.com/groups/35702173285/</a>><br><br>Using Facebook for this sort of thing was kinda contra-indicated, there have been many other places for true enthusiasts to support each other, even today FB is fine for a subswt of 'the mainstream' but doesn't resonate with geeks who would prefer to use discord, or reddit, or anything that doesn't mean they have to use Facebook.<br><br>I administer several FB communities and pages for organisations that really don't work anywhere else, so it's quite begrudging. Not sure about the ROI even promotionally, but happy to see my group leveraged if it helps.<br><br>(Oh and my mailman instance blew up some time ago, so I can't even plug the NZLUG mailing list which I formerly hosted; the demand just isn't there relative to the learning curve I'd have to try to resolve (or bribe my more advanced friends to help me resolve, realistically).)<br><br>Mark.</div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="auto">On 18 April 2026 11:15:34 pm NZST, Bruceprince via linux-aus <linux-aus@lists.linux.org.au> wrote:</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<pre class="com-fsck-k9__plain-text-message-pre"><div dir="auto">That sounds like a great suggestion for a newby like me (and I am sure -<br>others).<br><br>Bruce Prince<br><br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: linux-aus <linux-aus-bounces@lists.linux.org.au> On Behalf Of Russell<br>Coker via linux-aus<br>Sent: Saturday, 18 April 2026 20:02<br>To: linux-aus <linux-aus@lists.linux.org.au>; luv-main@luv.asn.au;<br>flounder@lists.linux.org.au<br>Subject: [Linux-aus] Facebook<br><br>Firstly a disclaimer, I dislike Facebook for many reasons and would prefer<br>it if the company went bankrupt and shut down. But as that's not going to<br>happen and there's an estimated 17.7 million Facebook users in Australia<br>(almost 2/3 of the population) we have to deal with that.<br><br>Currently a Facebook search for "Linux" and "Australia" will (for me at<br>least) return the Linux Australia organisation and not much else. The Linux<br>Australia organisation hasn't posted since 2024. I think it would be nice<br>to post at least once a year but that's not the main point of this message.<br><br>Currently a Facebook search for "free", "software", and "Australia" returns<br>as the only appropriate result the group "100% free software" which is more<br>about "free as in beer" software.<br><br>I think that what we need is to have a number of Facebook groups for<br>beginners in free software and Linux which can answer basic questions, help<br>people get started, and then point them to more open communities (Lemmy,<br>mailing lists, Matrix rooms, etC).<br><br>I'd be happy to join any such groups and answer questions, but I've got<br>enough going on that I don't want to be any sort of moderator or anything.<br><br>Is anyone interested in running such a group?<br><br></div></pre></blockquote></div><div dir="auto"><div class='k9mail-signature'>-- <br>Sent from a mobile device.</div></div></body></html>