Facebook vs Google+ for Perl projects
I guess the two dead-lines I have next week caused me to go in full procrastination mode and search for Perl based projects on Facebook and Google Plus. There is a similar, but newer listing for Perl developers on LinkedIN.
| Project/Site | Google Plus | |
| Bugzilla | 177 | 79 (+96) |
| CPAN | 156 | na |
| DWIM Perl | 1 | 6 (+6) |
| Enlightened Perl Organization (EPO) | 10 | 32 (+34) |
| Meta CPAN | 123 | na |
| Padre, the Perl IDE | 108 | 97 (+252) |
| The Perl Foundation (TPF) | 1,059 | 97 (+104) |
| YAPC::NA | 122 | 126 (+176) |
| YAPC::EU | 60 | 82 (+90) |
| Perl | 5,597 | 1 (just created) |
| Perl Developer | 86 (group) | na |
| Perl GSoc | 31 | na |
| Perl Moderne (the French book) | 12 | na |
| Perl Mongers | 28 (group) | na |
| Perl Monks | 18+ 33 | 85 (+101) |
| Perl Weekly | 140 | 672 (+716) |
| Presenting Perl | 41 | na |
| Total | 7,802 | 1,276 |
There are a lot more likes on Facebook but the vast majority is on the Perl page which, I understood correctly is just and info page. No one really controls it.
The other big difference is The Perl Foundation page that gained a lot more likes on Facebook than on Google+.
I don't compare any of these with pages of PHP, Python and Ruby based projects, but if you do, you will see some of those projects having a lot more followers.
I wonder if I missed some big Perl based projects?
Perl Monger groups
There are a few individual Perl Monger groups that maintain a page on either Facebook or Google Plus or both.
| Perl Mongers | Google Plus | |
| Atlanta.pm | 29 | 19 (+20) |
| Bangalore.pm | 13 | na |
| Brno.pm | 21 | na |
| Columbus.pm | na | 21 (+22) |
| Frankfurt.pm | na | 22 (+24) |
| Houston.pm | na | 36 (+40) |
| Israel.pm | 48 | 63 (+83) |
| Italian Mongers: Perl.It | na | 22 (+23) |
| Kansai.pm | 20 | na |
| Kiev.pm | 17 (group) | 22 (+23) |
| Los Angeles.pm | 44 | na |
| Pittsburgh.pm | 17 | na |
| Sydney.pm | 12 | 39 (+41) |
| Utah Perl | na | 7 (+8) |
| Vienna.pm | na | 8 (+9) |
| CostaRica.pm | na | 13 (+14) |
| Cluj.pm | 38 | 17 (+19) |
| Total | 221 | 259 |
I believe we could utilize these social networks, in order to reach more people.
Have I missed any project or any Perl Monger group?
Updates
Added Costa Rica and Cluj Perl Mongers and Delhi.pm.