[Linphone-users] Linphone publicity?

[David]

I've seen a lot of grumbling amongst people on Facebook recently (I 
know, but when almost all of your friends have been assimilated, you 
eventually realise what else can you do yourself..) about concerns that 
Facebook is trying to move people over from the Facebook Messenger web 
service to the Facebook Messenger app, coupled with concerns about 
whether the app might be using the microphone to listen in at all times:

http://www.snopes.com/2016/06/04/professor-claims-facebook-is-eavesdropping-on-their-users/


It seems that as concerns about personal privacy and the risks of 
ad-funded internet services are now finally starting to become better 
known, would Linphone not be in a potentially good position to gain some 
good publicity for itself as a multi-platform, and open alternative to 
proprietary messaging/videocall applications? If it was better known, 
and better used, I'm sure you could also see an increase in donations 
towards development as well.

At present, Linphone doesn't have a formal presence on Facebook, would 
someone at Linphone be able to spend even a small amount of time 
managing a Linphone Facebook page occasionally to help better publicise 
its existence? (Likewise Twitter: I don't do Twitter myself (there's a 
limit to how much time I can waste on the internet!), but the fact is 
that many people do.)

It would be really great to see open and secure solutions become more 
popular, but half the battle in doing so is just to let people know that 
you even exist!


David.