I got deactivated from twitter 10 years ago, for no reason. Tried a few times to re-register to no avail. On Tue, Jun 21, 2022 at 9:48 AM 😉 Good Guy 😉 via Boost-users < boost-users@lists.boost.org> wrote:

On 20/06/2022 23:08, Vinnie Falco via Boost-users wrote:

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Greetings fellow users, library authors, maintainers, review wizards, release wizards, and Boost Foundation Board members! As part of our ongoing effort to continue the revitalization of Boost, a handful of us have taken the reins to post about Boost on social media. We have postings on Reddit and Hacker news, blog posts about the new efforts in Boost.Unordered, and new tweets.

However, we could use your help! Right now the Boost Twitter account has a measly 957 followers. It would be great to increase our reach, so I'm asking everyone if they could be so kind as to Follow the official Boost Twitter account here:

https://twitter.com/Boost_Libraries

and then amplify our messages by Liking and Retweeting. Starting with this pinned tweet, which everyone will see when they visit the Boost Libraries Twittter profile page:

https://twitter.com/Boost_Libraries/status/1539003321939202048

Following the Boost Twitter account will give you up-to-date information about what is going on with Boost, including articles and mentions on other social media sites. Here is what we have so far:

< https://www.reddit.com/r/cpp/comments/vfdcrz/advancing_the_state_of_the_art_...

< https://www.reddit.com/r/cpp/comments/vbdr3z/new_boostunordered_containers_h...

https://twitter.com/hackernewstop10/status/1538622706035343364 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31801814

To summarize, engaging with Boost related content on social media will enhance our profile - any help is appreciated!

The problem with Twitter is that it requires an account to read the posts. I just clicked at your link and I got this:

https://i.imgur.com/UnY9jGe.png

This is not going to help increase the uptake of followers. Users don't like creating new accounts all the time when going to various websites and social media.

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On 21/06/2022 15:12, Vinnie Falco via Boost-users wrote:

On Mon, Jun 20, 2022 at 7:48 PM 😉 Good Guy 😉 via Boost-users wrote:

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The problem with Twitter is that it requires an account to read the posts. Yeah, so... my assumption when I made this post is that most folks have a Twitter account. I see that is not the case, even for long-time Boost authors. I suspect that a lot of people may be abandoning Twitter, as it's rubbish. That said, Twitter and the other socials might not be important to the senior engineers, authors, and maintainers here but collectively, Boost needs to catch up in terms of courting the younger generations of developers. We need fresh blood for library submissions, reviewers, and review managers. Our efforts on social media are aligned with this goal.

Younger generations are using TikTok, Instagram and Discord as far as I can see. My late teen/early 20s kids rarely touch Twitter unless someone on TikTok has posted a link!

On 2022-06-21 at 16:12, Vinnie Falco via Boost-users wrote:

On Mon, Jun 20, 2022 at 7:48 PM 😉 Good Guy 😉 via Boost-users wrote:

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The problem with Twitter is that it requires an account to read the posts.

Yeah, so... my assumption when I made this post is that most folks have a Twitter account. I see that is not the case, even for long-time Boost authors. If you don't already have a Twitter account, there is not going to be much benefit to creating one just to like, follow, and retweet the Boost account, as you will have no followers and thus no reach. Although you might consider creating an account if you want to become more involved in C++ Twitter in general.

That said, Twitter and the other socials might not be important to the senior engineers, authors, and maintainers here but collectively, Boost needs to catch up in terms of courting the younger generations of developers. We need fresh blood for library submissions, reviewers, and review managers. Our efforts on social media are aligned with this goal.

Isn't the rule that when the seniors see a platform as mature enough to actually register and use it, the juniors have already desiced that it is un-cool and have moved somewhere else?