Social networks

[HostFat]

Can the admin open something like an official group/page on social networks like facebook? ( example: http://www.kickasstorrents.com , look at the facebook tab at the right )
It will be useful also a twitter account. ( and a twitter widget of course! )

I know that many of you probably don't like social networks, but this isn't the point.
I think that everything that can be useful to connect this project with people as many as possible ... is a GOOD idea

[sirius]

Created a page on Facebook, welcome to join and invite friends!

[HostFat]

1) You can also add this to the homepage:

Code:

<iframe src="http://www.facebook.com/plugins/likebox.php?id=362816109006&amp;width=292&amp;connections=10&amp;stream=false&amp;header=false&amp;height=255" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" style="border:none; overflow:hidden; width:292px; height:255px;" allowTransparency="true"></iframe>

( you can test it on a simple html page )

2) Or this alternative:

Code:

<fb:like-box profile_id="362816109006" width="292" connections="10" stream="false" header="false"></fb:like-box>

But you will need also to add this after the head of page:

Code:

<div id="fb-root"></div>
<script>
  window.fbAsyncInit = function() {
    FB.init({appId: 'your app id', status: true, cookie: true,
             xfbml: true});
  };
  (function() {
    var e = document.createElement('script'); e.async = true;
    e.src = document.location.protocol +
      '//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js';
    document.getElementById('fb-root').appendChild(e);
  }());
</script>

Everything come from here:
http://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/plugins/like-box

EDIT:
Now it has the right id

[HostFat]

And this is about Twitter:

Search widget: ( I suggest this one )

<script src="http://widgets.twimg.com/j/2/widget.js"></script>
<script>
new TWTR.Widget({
  version: 2,
  type: 'search',
  search: 'bitcoin',
  interval: 6000,
  title: 'Say no to central banking – use Bitcoin, the revolutionary P2P currency!',
  subject: 'Bitcoin',
  width: 250,
  height: 300,
  theme: {
    shell: {
      background: '#8ec1da',
      color: '#ffffff'
    },
    tweets: {
      background: '#ffffff',
      color: '#444444',
      links: '#1985b5'
    }
  },
  features: {
    scrollbar: false,
    loop: true,
    live: true,
    hashtags: true,
    timestamp: true,
    avatars: true,
    toptweets: true,
    behavior: 'default'
  }
}).render().start();
</script>

Or profile widget:

<script src="http://widgets.twimg.com/j/2/widget.js"></script>
<script>
new TWTR.Widget({
  version: 2,
  type: 'profile',
  rpp: 4,
  interval: 6000,
  width: 250,
  height: 300,
  theme: {
    shell: {
      background: '#333333',
      color: '#ffffff'
    },
    tweets: {
      background: '#000000',
      color: '#ffffff',
      links: '#4aed05'
    }
  },
  features: {
    scrollbar: false,
    loop: false,
    live: false,
    hashtags: true,
    timestamp: true,
    avatars: false,
    behavior: 'all'
  }
}).render().setUser('profile_name').start();
</script>

Everything come from here:
http://twitter.com/goodies/widgets

[HostFat]

does "http://twitter.com/bitcoinORG" come from official dev/admin ?
EDIT:
it seems NOT ...

[D҉ataWraith]

does "http://twitter.com/bitcoinORG" come from official dev/admin ?

Looks like someone is promoting Bitcoin independently, mostly in German. Doing a fair job, too.

There's also http://twitter.com/bitcoin (http://bitcoin.com), which is apparently entirely unrelated to this project. I wonder whether "BitCoin Ltd." could cause trouble with the name Bitcoin later on, because they registered a business under that name...

[llama]

I wonder whether "BitCoin Ltd." could cause trouble with the name Bitcoin later on, because they registered a business under that name...

Hahaha, who would they sue?!?

[D҉ataWraith]

Hahaha, who would they sue?!?

Satoshi? Sourceforge?

Sounds kinda ridiculous, I know, but I don't have much faith in the legal system anymore, so I think it _could_ happen...

I was just thinking of the trouble Mozilla had with 'Firebird'. Or take Google: They can't call Gmail Gmail in Germany, because a single, tiny company registered the name. Granted, that's a little different from an Open Source project, but still...

[The Madhatter]

Look at what happened when Kaza was sued to find your answer.

[Timo Y]

Look at what happened when Kaza was sued to find your answer.

This is why having several independent clients that talk Bitcoin would be a good idea.

Kazaa has been sued because it was easy to sue. Closed source, distributed by a single company on a single website in a single jurisdiction.

On the other hand, has a bittorrent client developer ever been sucessfully sued?

[Anonymous]

Look at what happened when Kaza was sued to find your answer.

This is why having several independent clients that talk Bitcoin would be a good idea.

Kazaa has been sued because it was easy to sue. Closed source, distributed by a single company on a single website in a single jurisdiction.

On the other hand, has a bittorrent client developer ever been sucessfully sued?

limewire?

[lasry]

Look at what happened when Kaza was sued to find your answer.

This is why having several independent clients that talk Bitcoin would be a good idea.

Kazaa has been sued because it was easy to sue. Closed source, distributed by a single company on a single website in a single jurisdiction.

On the other hand, has a bittorrent client developer ever been sucessfully sued?

limewire?

not limewire