I've spent some time reading the posts about increasing BOINC partcipation -
and the excellent posts about the societal rewards of the projects.

Computer users are willing to learn the ins and outs of Facebook to get an immediate reward of social interaction.

Hmmm. Sounds like we need more parties !!!

What do you think? Solicit users to meet at a bar , restaurant, park?
Talk about their favorite projects?

Ah, I see a problem. How to encourage new users and avoid "My xyz GPU can leave your ABC GPU in the dust' and associated conversations?

Moderators?

Ideas? Opinions? advice?

Jay

I don't go out (too old).
I don't do Facebook (not interested).
I don't do Twitter (I've got a life).

Uhm, so don't look at me for guidance. :-)

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I don't go out (too old).
I don't do Facebook (not interested).
I don't do Twitter (I've got a life).

Uhm, so don't look at me for guidance. :-)

I go out, but not to that sort of thing.
I resisted Facebook for a long time, but now I'm on it more than anything else (which makes it both good and bad for me). I do have boincstats (or something) set to post to my timeline when I pass major milestones.
I'm on Twitter, but I'm never on it. Know what I mean?

So, no guidance from me either.

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I don't go out (too old).
I don't do Facebook (not interested).
I don't do Twitter (I've got a life).

Uhm, so don't look at me for guidance. :-)

I don't go out either.
I don't do Facebook either. If you're not paying for it, you're not the customer. You're the product being sold.
I don't do Twitter either. If you're not paying for it, you're not the customer. You're the product being sold.

If they want me as their product, then they have to pay me.

Wake up for God's sake people. Don't give yourselves away for free.

Payment doesn't have to be in money. Most users consider the service they get to be adequate payment for the use of their soul. I just try to make my soul worth as little to Facebook as I can by never liking anything that pays money to try to get me to like it. The very few name brand things I like on there hardly ever show up in my feed. If Tigerdirect, Norfolk Southern, and BNSF Railway want to tell people I like them, fine. If White Castle does, maybe I should rethink that one. I don't like McDonald's, Burger Thing, Coke, etc. (I probably should go through what I like and dump some of them, though.)

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