[Linux-aus] Facebook

[Russell Coker]

Firstly a disclaimer, I dislike Facebook for many reasons and would prefer it 
if the company went bankrupt and shut down.  But as that's not going to happen 
and there's an estimated 17.7 million Facebook users in Australia (almost 2/3 
of the population) we have to deal with that.

Currently a Facebook search for "Linux" and "Australia" will (for me at least) 
return the Linux Australia organisation and not much else.  The Linux 
Australia organisation hasn't posted since 2024.  I think it would be nice to 
post at least once a year but that's not the main point of this message.

Currently a Facebook search for "free", "software", and "Australia" returns as 
the only appropriate result the group "100% free software" which is more about 
"free as in beer" software.

I think that what we need is to have a number of Facebook groups for beginners 
in free software and Linux which can answer basic questions, help people get 
started, and then point them to more open communities (Lemmy, mailing lists, 
Matrix rooms, etC).

I'd be happy to join any such groups and answer questions, but I've got enough 
going on that I don't want to be any sort of moderator or anything.

Is anyone interested in running such a group?

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