[libvirt PATCH] docs: remove twitter from the website

[Daniel P. Berrangé]

On Wed, Feb 09, 2022 at 01:46:50AM -0800, Andrea Bolognani wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 04, 2022 at 05:01:54PM +0100, Ján Tomko wrote:
> > Regardless of the platform being mostly advertising, trolling
> > and promoting stupidity [0][1],
> >
> > [0] https://news.mit.edu/2018/study-twitter-false-news-travels-faster-true-stories-0308
> > [1] https://help.twitter.com/en/using-twitter/twitter-blue-fragments-folder/nft
> 
>  While I don't necessarily disagree with your assessment of Twitter
>  as a platform...
> 
> > the link points to the 'libvirt'
> > hashtag which never gained traction or contained useful information.
> 
> ... I'd prefer sticking with just the more objectively measurable
> rationale :)
> 
> >   <h3>Community</h3>
> >   <ul>
> > -   <li><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/libvirt">twitter</a></li>
> >     <li><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/libvirt">stackoverflow</a></li>
> >     <li><a href="https://serverfault.com/questions/tagged/libvirt">serverfault</a></li>
> 
> Honestly I think that *all of these* should go.
> 
> Twitter is the one where the number of useful posts is just so low
> that it's not worth bothering, but in general having these links in
> the website's footer might give people the expectation that libvirt
> developers are actively participating in those communities and
> offering support through them, which AFAIK is simply not the case.

The stack overflow / serverfault sites are pretty active with
people seeking help for libvirt related topics and they do
get actively answered, and I actively monitor questions and
answer them myself daily.

In addition this is not about providing a support forum, it is
highlighting information related to libvirt in other communities,
so as to broaden knowledge and awareness of the project. Our long
term success relies on people knowing we exist and pretending all
these external sites don't exist is not a benefit to the project.

Regards,
Daniel
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