Post by timfung5 on Nov 13, 2023 5:32:14 GMT -5
Rod said:
Hi, I see. I like to read at Itch's forums(or messageboards). If opportunity comes, I will try to mention LB or JB at such forums.
So it will not be easy for the management team of Liberty BASIC to manage some formal webpages on Itch? I see. BASIC needs young beginners to learn. I remember that there is a very, very large BASIC facebook group called 'BASIC Programming Language'. 25000 people joined it. Amazing. It is a very active facebook group. However, the group is quite weird. It is because nearly all discussions in the group are about BASIC programming from 1950 to 1990. My feeling is that the average age of this group's people is quite old.
If each BASIC language's author doesn't try to attract younger people to use BASIC, each BASIC language will finally die. I have such suggestion because Itch is a place where younger people like to visit(people mainly download and upload games there). If they can see a formal page about LB or JB there, maybe they will download and try LB or JB. I listed several BASIC examples in my previous post in this thread. Perhaps attracting younger people to use their BASICs are really these BASIC language authors' motives.
Timfun5, there is no rule that says you cannot promote Liberty yourself. If you are active on such forums just start promoting Liberty and links to its home page and support pages.
Hi, I see. I like to read at Itch's forums(or messageboards). If opportunity comes, I will try to mention LB or JB at such forums.
We have had Facebook and other forum postings in the past but on any new forum it requires live active discussion to hold interest. That is the bit that is a bit harder to achieve.
So it will not be easy for the management team of Liberty BASIC to manage some formal webpages on Itch? I see. BASIC needs young beginners to learn. I remember that there is a very, very large BASIC facebook group called 'BASIC Programming Language'. 25000 people joined it. Amazing. It is a very active facebook group. However, the group is quite weird. It is because nearly all discussions in the group are about BASIC programming from 1950 to 1990. My feeling is that the average age of this group's people is quite old.
If each BASIC language's author doesn't try to attract younger people to use BASIC, each BASIC language will finally die. I have such suggestion because Itch is a place where younger people like to visit(people mainly download and upload games there). If they can see a formal page about LB or JB there, maybe they will download and try LB or JB. I listed several BASIC examples in my previous post in this thread. Perhaps attracting younger people to use their BASICs are really these BASIC language authors' motives.
