Request to publish http://drupal.org/node/378578 on Drupal.org front page

Sorry I forgot to tag this post. Can you add social networks prior to moving to the front page on 25 February. Many thanks.

Hi bono and John Noc,

Hi,

I'd appreciate it if you would reconsider your decision. Here are my reasons why I think that it merits front page exposure:

1) It's true that the post is not specific to Drupal, but it does cover social networking,which is a popular topic in our community. The guidelines on how to get material posted on the front page really do allow this type of posting. Item 2 specifically says:

"Actively seek out popular stories both on drupal.org, planet drupal, and the Internet and suggest they get promoted to the front page on drupal.org. Sites with fresh regular aggregated content are more popular. Make sure the stories are highly relevant to the broad Drupal community and the Drupal project."

I think that it is very important for our community to stay abreast to new ideas in social networks. David Silver has an excellent reputation and is a leading thinker in the field. That's why I thought this merited consideration for posting to the front page.

2) The book fills a niche in the Drupal community for strategies and tactics that will improve social networks. There are plenty of posts regarding modules that provide social networking functionality. However, few if any, deal with more general subjects that the Drupal Community or newbies might find interesting.

3) I wanted to also expose Drupal Developers and other authors of other Drupal Books to this David Silver's book so that they could understand where social networks may be heading. That way they could start to look into what Drupal can do to meet or exceed those requirements. I provided three websites in my post that he referenced in his book.

4) My own Drupal site will be incorporating many of the book's suggestions. I wanted to send a message that I believe Drupal is quite capable of meeting the requirements in the book. I probably could have done a better job at that. But I could also bring that up in the comments.

5) I think that the community has to be open to new ideas especially in the area of social networking. Creating social networks is hard work. Some networks have failed and others like the Fast Company website that used Drupal have morphed into something different then proposed. See http://drupal.org/node/221481#comment-1255438

Many people especially newbies may think that the underlying technology like Drupal is the cause of failure of a social networking site. They need to understand that it may have nothing to do with it.

6) Finally I did want to introduce David Silver to the Drupal Community and the open source movement and thought that this would be a good venue.

7) I am fine if there is no affilate link. Just take it out.

I appreciate the opportunity to respond and will live with your decision.

Thanks
Thomas