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STE'86
Registered: Jul 2009
Posts: 274 |
CSDB on facebook and/or google plus
ok,
my pic Here Be Dragons has recently received additional publicity on facebook on a c64 fan page.
seemingly resulting in a higher than usual ratio of downloads.
PeteD has suggested that we should maybe exploit this extra "fanbase" who it could be assumed do not frequent csdb by creating a CSDB facebook page and maybe a new google one and feed it new release RSS data with pictures so people can be "hooked" by images rather than just text.
in this way the scene may well be able to drum up some new blood and audience.
not a facebook user personally, but, as an advertising designer i do appreciate any advantages we could exploit to gain a bigger "market share".
what do the rest of you think?
Steve
edit ok who owns the current csdb facebook page thats never updated? |
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Sixx
Registered: May 2005
Posts: 229 |
I started the C64/Amiga scene group on Facebook with some 1500 members now, people post old and new productions all the time, vidoes, links, songs..
There's no need for a CSDB page on FB, as all sceners that have an Facebook account allready are in that group.
You want attention? Post your stuff on Facebook and get random applauses and free popcorn. |
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STE'86
Registered: Jul 2009
Posts: 274 |
as i said i am not a facebook user.
but additional downloads were definitely generated after my pic appeared on c64.fans.
and i am suggesting that picture based rss feed could increase publicity for c64 scene as a whole. so why not exploit it.
i have also been told your group is closed. advertising to a closed community is rather a stupid way of conducting business in my field.
what we really need to do is advertise c64 stuff to the "open market". the none sceners.
Steve |
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Sixx
Registered: May 2005
Posts: 229 |
It's not closed, you just have to apply for membership.
Good luck finding an audience for your C64 work among non sceners. Sir.
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STE'86
Registered: Jul 2009
Posts: 274 |
not closed but members only?
yes well that makes all the difference then. only sceners need apply.
thats the problem isnt it? the SAME faces get to see your stuff whereas obviously NEW faces saw my dragon pic and presumably downloaded it.
which is precisely the reason i think we can use the fact to get some more fresh faces in. maybe even some old ones to return to visit from "industry". being as how PeteD has most of cnet and a chunk of the UK games industry on his "list"
Steve |
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chatGPZ
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 11293 |
what about http://www.facebook.com/c64news ?
other than that, if you feel like doing such page... just do it. the RSS feeds are there, including pictures even :) |
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STE'86
Registered: Jul 2009
Posts: 274 |
fine.
this is done now provisionally. facebook page is updating RSS nicely. facebook does not allow for animated gifs so make your splash screens attractive :)
will post the link when the name is changed to final release one.
Steve |
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SIDWAVE
Account closed
Registered: Apr 2002
Posts: 2238 |
I've gotten loads of musical contacts on the net, even known bands and real awesome pianists, contact me, on facebook, other places.
Simply, coz we do what no others do.
SID isnt nerdy, its unique.
So is C64 demos and artwork.
If you put a tune on last.fm, it can get 3000+ plays in 1 week.. |
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chatGPZ
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 11293 |
Quote:If you put a tune on last.fm, it can get 3000+ plays in 1 week..
or 1000000 ! or well... zero =P |
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goto80
Registered: Jan 2002
Posts: 138 |
I'm not sure if a CSDb-feed is interesting for people who don't already know about it. Still, I think it's a good idea! But STE, you might also want to try posting your things in pixeling communities like pixeljoint.com. Lots of people are interested in pixeling. If you really want to reach the youngsters, perhaps 8bc.org works. :D
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STE'86
Registered: Jul 2009
Posts: 274 |
this really isnt about me wanting to promote my stuff.
its about me noticing that a release of mine which was given publicity outside of the "usual" c64 scene suddenly experienced a surge of downloads and interest above and beyond the "norm".
the idea hereis to try to "bottle" for the use of the scene as a whole, that "x factor" which occurred. in this case it was facebook publicity.
hence the idea of feeding illustrated releases on here to facebook
Steve |
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goto80
Registered: Jan 2002
Posts: 138 |
ok! |
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chatGPZ
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 11293 |
"will post the link when the name is changed to final release one."
as i just happened to stumble about http://cs-cz.facebook.com/CSDbNews ... i was wondering, where is yours?
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JCB
Account closed
Registered: Jun 2002
Posts: 241 |
"Yours" what? |
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chatGPZ
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 11293 |
Quote:this is done now provisionally. facebook page is updating RSS nicely. facebook does not allow for animated gifs so make your splash screens attractive :)
will post the link when the name is changed to final release one.
this (was that really hard to get? o_O) |
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STE'86
Registered: Jul 2009
Posts: 274 |
yes thats the one. i was going to post, but with the flood of antipathy i got for the idea, i just decided that collectively, you werent worth the time. |
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JCB
Account closed
Registered: Jun 2002
Posts: 241 |
Well yes if you speak English. You're talking about more then one thing there then ask about "yours"... Hence my question, which "thing" are you actually talking about?
If you mean the page, that's it, the one you so cleverly found. ;)
If you're talking about the url being posted, I asked Ste to wait a while while I got feedback of the current subscribers about how badly it spams.
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chatGPZ
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 11293 |
ah ok, i thought it is someone elses ... it appeared to be in the link i followed. and i didnt expect yours to be in whatever language that is either :) (a facebook feature to show it in whatever language maybe ?, i dont know, not using it normally :)) |
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JCB
Account closed
Registered: Jun 2002
Posts: 241 |
Yeah, normal url should be www. I don't think the url changes the language though so any link should be fine, it's more of a user by user setting afaik. You can even read FB in pirate :) Yarr! |
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chatGPZ
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 11293 |
na, it depends on the url, just tried :) (how would it be a per user setting when i am not using facebook at all? :)) |
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JCB
Account closed
Registered: Jun 2002
Posts: 241 |
True, if you're not registered then it has no setting for you so defaults to the url's language. For me the cs-cz one is still English. Can't see many people not registered on FB using it though, may as well come straight here.
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chatGPZ
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 11293 |
btw, you might want to use the "new releases" feed instead of the "recently added" one. right now it is flooded with old cracks :) |
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JCB
Account closed
Registered: Jun 2002
Posts: 241 |
That's what I was waiting for feedback on from subscribers. I had it on new releases then realised that's what I usually read and miss out on new (old) releases so I set it to recently added instead. It does spam a bit sometimes but I think it's worth it and no complaints from anyone else so far. |
