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RE: "For the betterment of BOINC" - Post suggestions on how to improve BOINC!
I don't see any true value in integrating social media into the BOINC client
I think that a simple drop-down menu linking to some team-neutral platforms wouldn't hurt, perhaps full integration like auto-tweeting would be more appropriate within individual BOINC project websites rather than within the client.
hmmm
personally, I struggle to see the benefits integrated social media brings to any endeavor -- even drop down menus. if people are visiting hubs of information directly from the client... your branding might not be good enough! =p.
social media, as I see it, doesn't produce anything of value and more often than not reduces value (you have to go viral to benefit and you're more likely to get a trollbox than a virus). social media is all about hype and nothing else while BOINC is an established producer of results.
the benefits of integrating social media might not be worth the damage that integration could do to BOINC's reputation
that said, my views are obviously tainted with bad experiences, and what you're talking about seems to be different than my experiences. so if you, @cm-steem, can clarify what integrated social media might look like, I'm all ears.
Directing thousands of users to the #boinc sub-steemit page, or to /r/boinc on reddit, or to the BOINC telegram group could help grow the team-neutral BOINC communities (which are currently lacking). We really need to get the whole of the BOINC community to interact with one another instead of acting aggressively to each other because of 'team poaching' on their team forums.