When updating the KDE e.V. address on our Facebook page, I noticed some parts of the About section were either outdated or completely empty.
I should clean up and update the information on all our social media About pages.
It might be good to check with the Board which information should be published, though (for example, which email address as the contact (if any), whether to add the phone number or not, etc).
| Status | Assigned | Task | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | None | T5781 [Planning] Long term plan | ||
| Open | None | T5783 [Planning] Raise Awareness | ||
| Resolved | skadinna | T5844 Branding Improvements and Assessment | ||
| Resolved | skadinna | T8181 Update About pages on social media | ||
| Resolved | lydia | T4277 [Content] update "What is KDE" text on eV website |
Discuss centralized brand messaging with everyone and modify the existing "about" pages and descriptions accordingly. It's clear that me doing this in isolation won't do any good - input from other Promo members is crucial here.
Can we work on this as part of Akademy Promo BoF? https://phabricator.kde.org/T9066
There haven't been any other suggestions for the BoF; might as well work on this.
Texts on the following pages need to be reviewed, updated, and synchronized.
Internal pages
About KDE --- https://www.kde.org/community/whatiskde/
Community Wiki --- This whole page needs to be reworked: https://community.kde.org/KDE
UserBase Wiki --- https://userbase.kde.org/An_introduction_to_KDE and https://userbase.kde.org/What_is_KDE
External pages
Wikipedia --- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KDE
Social media
Twitter --- https://twitter.com/kdecommunity
Technology team creating free, open source and user-friendly software, offering an advanced graphical desktop and a wide variety of applications.
Mastodon --- https://mastodon.technology/@kde
Creating free, open source and user-friendly software, offering an advanced graphical desktop and a wide variety of applications.
Google+ --- https://plus.google.com/+KdeOrg
The KDE Community is an international technology team creating a free and user-friendly computing experience, offering an advanced graphical desktop, a wide variety of applications for communication, work, education and entertainment and a platform to easily build new applications upon. We have a strong focus on finding innovative solutions to old and new problems, creating a vibrant atmosphere open for experimentation. Our software is free software and open source and available on GNU/Linux and all other major platforms
Facebook --- This whole page: https://www.facebook.com/pg/kde/about/?ref=page_internal
Diaspora --- https://joindiaspora.com/people/9c3d1a454919ef06
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reddit --- https://old.reddit.com/r/kde/
KDE is an international technology team creating user-friendly free and open source software for desktop and portable computing. KDE's software runs on GNU/Linux, BSD and other operating systems, including Windows.
YouTube --- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCF3I1gf7GcbmAb0mR6vxkZQ/about
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OK, let's wrap this up. I'll start with modifying the shorter descriptions first.
Problem:
KDE brand messaging on official social media profiles is somewhat disjointed.
Some profiles don't even have a description, or the descriptions do not fully reflect the core of the KDE brand.
Proposed solution:
Here are my suggestions for updates:
Current:
Technology team creating free, open source and user-friendly software, offering an advanced graphical desktop and a wide variety of applications.
New:
A worldwide technology community 🌍 Creators of the Plasma desktop & a variety of Free and open source applications that let you control your digital life.
Mastodon
Current:
Creating free, open source and user-friendly software, offering an advanced graphical desktop and a wide variety of applications.
New:
KDE is a diverse, worldwide technology community that creates the Plasma environment for desktop and mobile devices.
We also offer a variety of Free and open source applications for multiple platforms that let you control your digital life.
Current:
KDE is an international technology team creating user-friendly free and open source software for desktop and portable computing.
KDE's software runs on GNU/Linux, BSD and other operating systems, including Windows.
New:
KDE is a diverse, worldwide technology community that creates the Plasma environment for desktop and mobile devices.
We also offer a variety of Free and open source applications for multiple platforms that let you control your digital life.
YouTube
Current:
NONE
New:
KDE is a diverse, worldwide technology community that creates the Plasma environment for desktop and mobile devices.
We also offer a variety of Free and open source applications for multiple platforms that let you control your digital life.
Facebook could do with current Akademy group photo on it
YouTube channel currently has an old FOSDEM photo on it, maybe something newer would be better
Agree with both! The only problem with the Akademy 2018 photo (IMHO, at least) is that it's a bit dark...maybe some editing would help.
We've updated the descriptions on Twitter, Facebook, Mastodon, Google+ and YouTube.
Header images have also been updated on Facebook, Mastodon, and Google+.