[Bradford] Bradlug now has a Facebook page

[bradlug at hackroyd.org.uk]

    On Wednesday, 1 June 2022, 20:24:06 CEST, Brian <technoyorks at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:  
 
  I am a co-organiser for this group. People join it on a daily basis. I ran the last meetup to the Botanical Gardens. Leo, whose group it is, also runs 'Málaga Makers'.

Malaga, Fuengirola and surrounding areas join in the fun (Málaga, Spain)

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Malaga, Fuengirola and surrounding areas join in the fun (Málaga, Spain)

If you're new in town or would like to meet new people this is the group for you.Events to meet for all kinds of...
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Previously I have run some tech groups.
Brian



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    On Wednesday, 1 June 2022, 20:13:09 CEST, Nick via Bradford <bradford at mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote:  
 
 Hi,

I did check the page in a private Firefox window, for me it has big "log in or create new account" buttons at the bottom, but I  can scroll to see the content. I wonder if we are subjects of A/B testing ?
I fully understand there are people who don't use Facebook. I get zero value of it myself, only use for the benifit of family members that insist on using it.  But as Facebook is its own bubble of information (and search), I thought it would be useful to make BradLUG discoverable on Facebook :)

I have just taken a look at meetup.com, I found the "Pro" page, but zero info about prices and what features the free and pro versions have. It does have 5 big buttons prompting to start a free trial, which just sucks IMHO.

Cheers, Nick
On Wed, 2022-06-01 at 17:53 +0000, bradlug at hackroyd.org.uk wrote:
 I am not on Facebook and it wanted me to log in, that was after the cookies stuff. I have a Firefox container that launches automatically when there is a Facebook link. Anyway, the page isn't for me but maybe those on Facebook who might be interested.  Any publicity is good. However, many will be like me and avoid Facebook as much as possible. 

A meetup.com group would be effective I think but, unfortunately, it is difficult to work out if/what they charge. I read that they don't charge unless you charge your members but I ran some groups without making charges and meetup charged me. When I spoke to the guy who runs 'Málaga Makers' - the largest tech meetup group south of Madrid, he told me he didn't get charged. So I can't work it out.
Brian

   On Wednesday, 1 June 2022, 16:09:26 CEST, Nick via Bradford <bradford at mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote: 
 
 Hi,

I have recently created a page on Facebook at (no login required) 
https://www.facebook.com/Bradlug.Bradford.GNU.Linux.Users.Group,
thought it would be helpful to make BradLUG and our website more
discoveredable from Facebook.
I don't plan on adding content unless there are any specific requests.
If anyone has any suggestions for tweaks, changes and improvements let
me know.

I would be useful to have someone else as an admin of this page to
avoid myself being a single point of failure, any voulenteers ?

Cheers, Nick


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