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Facebook has been a useful tool for the two contests that were implemented in the past. Having thousands of users, it proved an effective tool for providing them with up to date information, and contributed significantly not only in raising awareness on the contests, but also for coordinating the projects in a more efficient way.
REDIRIS
As we don´t have a RSS service in the webpage of RedIRIS, I think social media is very good for people to know about our news in the moment we publish the information. Twitter perhaps it´s better for that than Facebook.
I´m very happy with both services because our followers give us very good feedback about them (Some people of our affiliated institutions have told me they are very useful for them), but, in this 2 months the active participation of the followers and fans, writing comments/posts/retweets in our pages is not good enough.
REUNA
Context information
- Chile: South American country
- Population: about 17 million
- Internet users: 41% of population
- Average daily use for person: 3,6 hours
- Most popular activities on the Internet: e-mail (94% of users) and Facebook (85% of users)
- Source of information: http://www.observatoriotic.gob.cl/estudios-wip-y-bit-sobre-uso-de-internet-en-chile-revelan-crecimiento-de-usuarios-y-de-e-comercio
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