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Want to be part of a group for Kyiv Independent community members? (Patreon)

Published:
2022-11-17 11:21:25
Imported:
2026-09

Poll

Want to be part of a group for Kyiv Independent community members?

  • I am interested in a closed Facebook group for Kyiv Independent community members 110
  • I am interested in another platform for a community members group, but not Facebook 359
  • I am not interested in a group for Kyiv Independent community members 80
  • 2022-11-17
  • —2022-12-01
  • 549 votes
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Content

Dear KI community members,

We are thinking of creating a closed group on another platform where our community members could exchange ideas. We’ve noticed it isn’t easy for our members to engage with one another through Patreon and we want to ensure that if you have anything you’d like to share, like initiatives to help Ukraine, you have the space to do so.

We’d love it if you could take one minute to let us know what you think:

If you have any other ideas, please feel free to reach out on Patreon or via email at brooke@kyivindependent.com.

Comments

David Jayne

... and I hope you are taking very strict measures to ensure the group's user data is secure and cannot be hacked by people further east ...

Andrew Davey

If you ultimately opt for a Facebook group, I guess I can live with that. I'll just echo the above concerns about data and privacy, and I hope you can find another platform to invite us to (should you decide to move discussions off this Patreon page).

maria duczko

What about creating a "Joint Bank of offered skills" among the interested people?

🐾Sea🐾🕊️💛💙🐾

There are many good options fot platforms - avoiding facebook is a big plus for me. Great idea and I would love to be a part of the group.

Glenn Gibson

This is a great idea and I am happy to be in a group with supporters - don’t mind whether it is a closed Facebook group or a WhatsApp or another platform - just preferably one I already use. Telegram would also work for me.

Mathijs Heideveld

I'd love a community space, but rather not facebook. Not sure what platform can do that though, could it not be a part of the patreon?

Santiago

I'd prefer Facebook for the convenience factor, but if that's not gonna happen, then I strongly suggest that the platform has some form of email activity digest as otherwise most people will stop checking it after a while of inactivity.

Mark Haggard

I don't have, nor attend to what 'news' comes from, FB on principle. I am a member of one WA Ukraine group already so would be happy with that, but I fear that if we became numerous, WA software might not handle the numbers so well as other social network platforms.

J G

Fully support this great idea. I’d be OK with Facebook, but would prefer another platform that isn’t so intrusive. Substack is one option, though I can’t speak to its functionality.

Laurence Conneely

Would vote for Discord or WhatsApp, but Discord probably more versatile. I'd be up for trying Mastodon but found it pretty bizarre in my first look tbh. Looking forward to seeing what comes from this!

Karen Christensen

Publisher & sometime journalist would love to help in some way.

the feynmen

I don't see Slack on here, but it's a very useful tool.

Patrick Martin

Would do Facebook if it’s really the best platform but would prefer to keep the whole Meta world out of this. Also, are there platforms where people who may less open social media access could participate (Telegram?)?

Aloysius de koning

The most important thing will be that we love and support Oekraine :-)

Anne Clayton

I am definitely interested in a group for Kyiv Independent community members. I have accounts with FB, Twitter, (and after the Musk takeover) Mastodon, & Counter Social. I maintain FB because a few friends have only that. I prefer Twitter as it's been able easy selectively to follow accounts of reputable news platforms, people, and some science sites. Twitter combines all of these into one giant public feed and lets users find their people, building interesting conversations from the collisions that this unusual state of affairs created, or I can easily block them. I have stayed away from Instagram as it is an affiliate of FB, and FB already has too much of my information, TicTok because of it's association with China. I'm still unsure of Mastodon's security protection, given ongoing and recently discovered current issues involving password theft via the chrome autofill feature. The others, I have no information about. But, all said, I absolutely support the concept of a closed account group for KI community members and will gladly come along. So, my choice of one of the first two options is actually a choice for the platform, and not actually a firm yes or no for FB. Thank you, KI, for the idea, and seeking responses.

Emily Bivona

Discord is a great option - I’m a member of several Discord servers for podcasts I support as well as NAFO and my friends’ group chat, and it works really well for having different topics people can discuss. For instance, there might be a channel for discussion of the latest podcast episode, but also an announcements channel, general chat, politics, pets, food and drink, etc.

Allen Graves

Telegram is great and encrypted use it daily to communicate with friends in Ukraine

Shari L. Wilson

I think having a group is a great idea. I'm fine with Facebook but Telegram is also good. I'm not familiar with Discord although I know a few people who use it and I'd be willing to do it.

Lou Reynolds

This sounds like a great idea. I’ve stayed away from FB because I don’t trust Zuch and now I’m weaning myself off TWT because Musk has gone rogue.I recently joined Mastodon and so far it seems to have promise and many others seem to be showing up although discovery is a bit challenging. Maybe you guys should host a Mastodon server and accumulate some reliable voices…

Monica Naja

WhatsApp is not very recommendable for security reasons as far as I understand (I'm thinking about censorship and hacking and control).

Monica Naja

How about Signal? I'm anything but a rookie on internet security, but as far as I understand , Signal is one of the available-for-all options more secure options (feel free to correct me if I'm wrong:-))

Philip Minns

I would be happy to be part of closed group but am not wedded to Facebook. Twitter seems a bit of a gamble at the moment though!

Zivia

Slack??

Manfred Kienzle

Facebook is acceptable, but I would prefer anotherplatform.

Roberto Fabbri

The project is good, even though honestly I don’t trust ANY platform…

Niilo Alhovaara

Definitely not crazy about Fb - on the contrary - but the groups work well and are the reason I still have an account.

Mary Margaret Perez

I can join through any platform.Although I tend not to use Facebook. It sends many friend suggestions that aren’t relevant.

Laura Gagne

Facebook is fine. I don't know how to use other platforms, but am wary of twitter.

B

Perhaps not facebook? Even telegram is better

Hpw Perkins

Not FB. Don’t know what the problem is with Patreon.

Clare Goulet

Facebook was connected with Cambridge Analytica and its Russian dark money funding of, among other things, weakening Britain via Brexit. Nothing pro-Ukraine/EU in their struggle against Russian control should be near Facebook. IMO!

Matt Scutchfield

Let's just keep it here on Patreon. Love it. Any relevant or interesting posts on my FB always seem to drift towards the bottom anyway, so let's just leave it here.

KTH

Facebook is definitely the last choice.

James Urone

I like the group idea but I am not a FB user and only familiar with WA, which doesn't seem like a good option for this.

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John Harrel

Facebook is fine. I don't have time to surf between platform.

Ben Chartrand

I prefer that there is no community - Patreon is plenty. My reasons 1) I became a patron to hear from Ukrainian voices. I feel a community could fill up with more people like me (well meaning, non-Ukrainian westerners) 2) I am keen for the team to continue the focus on journalism and other related activities such as podcasts. Anything to help educate and share information. I wouldn't want it to be a distraction for you because... 3) Anything else is one more thing you have to manage, administer, etc. I think Patreon does the job nicely as a way for us to connect to you.

Chris Greenwood

Happy to be supporting. A group is a nice idea and I think a good one but I wouldn't check in very frequently. Definitely not fishook.

Miguel

Just host a hidden bulletin board on the KI website, easy and secure.

NS

I am happy to suppot Journalists, who struggle for independence and quality. Thank you and bravo!

Heidi Bilas

Facebook might be helpful, but Patreon is functional and a great resource. A suggestion, given the massive migration of Twitter users to Mastadon, may you kindly consider an account for The Kyiv Independent on that platform as well. You can use the link below to automatically crosspost in either direction or both (twitter <-> mastodon) which makes content accessible for those on either platform. Just use this link: http://crossposter.masto.donte.com.br Thank you for the superb work of all your staff and the invaluable journalism! BRAVO!

Jun Sarbach

Perhaps a LinkedIn group could be interesting.

Pacamara

Lots of the group platforms need you to provide personal information such as your phone number (Facebook, discord, etc). The discord style of app works great however needing to link your phone number is a pain, it means you have to use your existing discord account which many people won’t want to do. Instead of trusting a private company with your data, and hoping they continue to operate, I think a better idea would be to create a matrix group. It’s open source like mastodon and means we have control of the data and platform. https://matrix.org/ There are many apps to interface with the matrix platform, the most popular is element: https://element.io/ These platforms are about supporting people not profit, which I think aligns with journalism very well.

Kris van der Merwe

Definitely on the Facebook dinosaur. possibly as a Mastodon group