[Freelancer Community News]@Freelancer_MP - FL joins Twitter!

[Sion]

I like where this is going - it’s probably about time that we got around to implementing an RSS feed for Procyon’s server news… this provides some good motivation to do so.

Major props for another good idea.

[LancerSolurus]

**I have an RSS feed on my site, don’t know if it would be of interest since most of the stuff is videos, plus about half of it is a mix of PC indie game development and sci-fi fan films

http://digitalbrilliance.com/rss.php?feed=news

BTW, hard to believe TSP started with just the 4 of us on the Universal Modding site, how time flies ;)**

[Roo Avery]

BTW, hard to believe TSP started with just the 4 of us on the Universal Modding site, how time flies

I was thinking exactly the same as I was writing the article. I was always remember all the conversations we had as the team grew. The indecisiveness of some of us… and then finally taking the plunge and just going for it.

We did good

[Roo Avery]

Currently signed up, or in the process of setting up thier RSS to send to me are the following;

The Starport - Live
Freelancer Community (Still no emailed recieved)
Topfreelancers.net
Discovery
Digital Brilliance - Live
Procyon Server

As it seems my email address may be experiencing issues please send me a PM here on TSP or just post a reply here. I will look into my email problems ASAP.

[Roo Avery]

The Starport - Live - Latest new feed recieved 9 clicks
Freelancer Community - awaiting on RSS Feed
Topfreelancers.net - awaiting on RSS Feed
Discovery - awaiting on RSS Feed
Digital Brilliance - Live - Latest news feed recieved 6 clickc
Procyon Server - Live - Live this morning - no feeds as yet.

Above is the stats so far.

Thanks.

[Roo Avery]

Updated Stats

The Starport - Live - Latest new feed recieved 19 clicks.
Procyon Server - Live - Latest new feed recieved 21 clicks.
Digital Brilliance - Live - Latest news feed recieved 12 clicks.
Freelancer Community - Live today. No active feeds as yet.

Topfreelancers.net - awaiting on RSS Feed
Discovery - awaiting on RSS Feed

@Freelancer_MP currently has 46 followers, including Gaming Review sites.

[Roo Avery]

The Starport - Live - Feed recieved 23 clicks across two feeds.
Procyon Server - Live - Feed recieved 28 clicks across two feeds…
Digital Brilliance - Live - Feed recieved 18 clicks across two feeds.
Freelancer Community - Live . Feed recieved 8 clicks.

Topfreelancers.net - awaiting on RSS Feed
Discovery - awaiting on RSS Feed

[Roo Avery]

Sorry for the lack of updates. Been a busy week whilst I revise for my first MCP award.

We now have 86 followers, and a great deal of these we are not following. This means they are following us for one of three reasons. 1) They are spam bots (Boo!) - Negative
2) They are Gaming sites that follow EVERYONE - Actually a positive.
3) They have an active interest in Freelancer. - Very positive

So, lets get some stats posted. Although still only 4 sites active. The stats are fairly high.

The Starport - Live - Feed recieved 24 clicks across two tweets.
Procyon Server - Live - Feed recieved 46 clicks across three tweets.
Digital Brilliance - Live - Feed recieved 36 clicks across three tweets.
Freelancer Community - Live . Feed recieved 51 clicks across 4 tweets

That’s 157 unique visitors to 4 sites. That’s 157 visitors you might not have had previously.

I can’t assure anyone that these visitors will turn into members or players. But it should be an indication that there is a potential for this idea to grow and work as time goes on.

Thanks,

R.

[Bas]

Eh…without wanting to mean this badly, but could it be that some server and community adminstrators dont have the knowledge for creating RSS feeds? I, for example, don’t have (but I am no server admin so…).
I mean, is there any volunteer who is willing to help them getting such a thing installed?
Just a guess why most servers don’t use your service.

[Predator]

thats a good one
becouse im also stocked in it
must fill in stuff and don’t know what it means

[Roo Avery]

Without trying to sound too sarcastic… because it really isnt meant to be so…

Type ‘Create a RSS Feed’ into Google and you have everything you need.

The first result is;

http://www.rss-specifications.com/create-rss-feed.htm

[tai]

Also wrote an email, but if you haven’t got it Roo, here it is:

Hey Roo,
I’m tai from ffs-freelancer.com(France Freelancer Server) and we would like to submit out RSS Link, it leads directly to our News Forums. Here it is: http://ffs-freelancer.com/syndication.php?fid=30
I’ve got one question, what does it Tweet? The headline only? Because they may be French from time to time, text also.
Thanks, tai & FFS-Community

I also think this is an very nice PR Action, keep up that good ideas!

[Roo Avery]

Hi Tai,

Yes, I have been setting the Tweet to the Headlines only, so to keep the tweets simple and easy to read.

I will add your RSS feed to the account now. Don’t worry, I am sure you will see some positive feedback, even if the tweets are in French.

I also think this is an very nice PR Action, keep up that good ideas!

Thank you for your support.

[cheeseontoast]

Lancer Solurus wrote:
**I have an RSS feed on my site, don’t know if it would be of interest since most of the stuff is videos, plus about half of it is a mix of PC indie game development and sci-fi fan films

http://digitalbrilliance.com/rss.php?feed=news

BTW, hard to believe TSP started with just the 4 of us on the Universal Modding site, how time flies ;)**

how long ago was that now?

[Roo Avery]

Freelancer_MP now has 91 followers.

The Starport - Live - Feed recieved 24 clicks across two tweets. (No Updated Feeds!)
Procyon Server - Live - Feed recieved 53 clicks across four tweets.
Digital Brilliance - Live - Feed recieved 37 clicks across three tweets.
Freelancer Community - Live - Feed recieved 146 clicks across 5 tweets
FFS Freelancer - Live - Live - Feed recieved 85 clicks across 4 tweets.

Total = 345 Unique visitors across 5 sites.

[Roo Avery]

Bah, sorry for the lack of updates (and thanks to those that emailed me to remind me!).

I’ve been busy the last week and a bit. But I will have some new figures up and posted on Thursday for you.

R.

[Roo Avery]

Hi all,

I am very sorry for the lack of updates on this. I have been extrememly busy of late. I was a Steward for the Xbox Xtival Festival last month, and I have had reviews and stories backing up. However today is a catch up day and I have some figures for you.

The Starport - Live - Feed recieved 37 clicks across two tweets. (No Updated Feeds in a long time?!)
Procyon Server - Live - Feed recieved 84 clicks across various tweets.
Digital Brilliance - Live - Feed recieved 52 clicks across various tweets.
Freelancer Community - Live - Feed recieved 259 clicks across various tweets
FFS Freelancer - Live - Live - Feed recieved 137 clicks across various tweets.

I have also added a presuffix to each tweet that goes out. For instance any Tweets for Digital Brilliance now begin with (Digital Brilliance) and Procyon will begin with (Procyon). Anyway, you get the idea.

[FriendlyFire]

Well hey, nobody posts bloody news. What can we do?

[SolCommand]

I kinda got past the Twitter fever, I haven’t even checked my account in a long time …… it’s just that I find Twitter to be boring, useless, pointless … >insert more bad stuff here< … just my 2 cents.

[Roo Avery]

Thats your personal opinion.

But did you realise Twitter has surpassed all over online forms of social advertising? IE it is making BILLIONS in revenue.

Everyone is entitled to a personal opinion, but make sure you realise why we are doing it. I dont use it to communicate with people. I use it purely for advertising.