[OSGeo] #3037: LinkedIn group 67505 -- OSGeo

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#3037: LinkedIn group 67505 -- OSGeo
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Reporter: darkblueb | Owner: sac@…
     Type: enhancement | Status: new
Priority: major | Milestone: Unplanned
Component: SysAdmin | Keywords: social
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some spam appeared recently, and also ArcGIS training ads.. The group has
13,000+ members

admins: mneteler, arnulf, dmorisette, mloskot, marc vloemans

Today, there is one profile with an Arab name in Canada, who posted an ad
for Rio Tinto, an ad to apply to work at Walmart, ad to work for cheap
security jobs, ad to work at Deloitte, ad to work at the Canada IRS in
French, and an ad for French language LinkedIn tutorials.. so I am using
the 'report spam' feature on those...several ads for entry level GIS work
in Africa in French.. So I will not report those.. same with the Arc*IS
training .. slightly on topic..
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#3037: LinkedIn group 67505 -- OSGeo
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Reporter: darkblueb | Owner: sac@…
     Type: enhancement | Status: new
Priority: major | Milestone: Unplanned
Component: SysAdmin | Resolution:
Keywords: social |
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Comment (by neteler):

I have started to clean up the mess (and blocked some users).

However, like some SAC activities, this moderation job might rather come
with some financial compensation (IMHO).
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Ticket URL: <https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/3037#comment:1&gt;
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#3037: LinkedIn group 67505 -- OSGeo
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Reporter: darkblueb | Owner: sac@…
     Type: enhancement | Status: new
Priority: major | Milestone: Unplanned
Component: SysAdmin | Resolution:
Keywords: social |
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Comment (by jsanz):

Thanks @darkblue for raising a concern. Maybe we could have a component
here on Trac for the Marketing committee so tickets are also shared on the
mailing list as we do with SAC tickets?

@neteler let me know if I can help on this task. I am admin of the
[https://www.linkedin.com/company/osgeo/? OSGeo company page] (4.5K
followers), not super busy but steadily active with a few mentions and
follows every day.

On the other hand, I was totally unaware of this group, even being a
member, can't remember since when! Anyways, the group is "private listed"
(why?) and yet it has 13K members so this is a large potential audience we
should take care of, or shut down completely, but better not leaving it
unattended.
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Ticket URL: <https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/3037#comment:2&gt;
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#3037: LinkedIn group 67505 -- OSGeo
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Reporter: darkblueb | Owner: sac@…
     Type: enhancement | Status: new
Priority: major | Milestone: Unplanned
Component: SysAdmin | Resolution:
Keywords: social |
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Comment (by neteler):

Replying to [comment:2 jsanz]:
> Thanks @darkblue for raising a concern. Maybe we could have a component
here on Trac for the Marketing committee so tickets are also shared on the
mailing list as we do with SAC tickets?

+1

> @neteler let me know if I can help on this task. I am admin of the
[https://www.linkedin.com/company/osgeo/? OSGeo company page] (4.5K
followers), not super busy but steadily active with a few mentions and
follows every day.

Yes, help is much welcome (see also below).

> On the other hand, I was totally unaware of this group, even being a
member, can't remember since when! Anyways, the group is "private listed"
(why?)

The reason I don't remember... but since we have 13k members, it seems to
be fine. What is means (citation from LinkedIn help):

''Private Listed: The group appears in search results, is visible to
others on members’ profiles, and LinkedIn users can see whether a
connection is a member.
Group members can see posts in this group.''

> and yet it has 13K members so this is a large potential audience we
should take care of, or shut down completely, but better not leaving it
unattended.

So, definitely take care of it and no shut down as it took us ages to
build it up. I will continue to maintain it but not just me (see my remark
above). For now, I have cleaned up a lot.

And I took liberty to make you, jsanz, also admin of the group :slight_smile:
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#3037: LinkedIn group 67505 -- OSGeo
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Reporter: darkblueb | Owner: marketing@…
     Type: enhancement | Status: closed
Priority: major | Milestone: Unplanned
Component: Marketing | Resolution: fixed
Keywords: social |
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Changes (by jsanz):

* owner: sac@… => marketing@…
* resolution: => fixed
* status: new => closed
* component: SysAdmin => Marketing

Comment:

Thanks @neteler for the detailed response.

I've created and added this ticket to a new Marketing component and set up
the mailing list to received messages from here.

>So, definitely take care of it and no shut down as it took us ages to
build it up. I will continue to maintain it but not just me (see my remark
above). For now, I have cleaned up a lot.

+1

>And I took liberty to make you, jsanz, also admin of the group :slight_smile:

Perfect, I've never managed a linkedin group but if I need any assistance
I'll ping you and likewise, drop me a line if you see anything I can
tackle, anytime.

Closing this ticket, please @darkblue feel free to reopen if you see
anything else needing our attention.
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Ticket URL: <https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/3037#comment:4&gt;
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