CASA crows about Social media

[Frank Arouet]

The CASA "blurb" was a waste of paper and nobody read it anyway so they got rid of it and went "digital". I still don't read it.

I briefly look at their email content title and generally bin it. McComick's input is sometimes good for a laugh, which is understandable when reading what Clown's write. An odd cartoon wouldn't go astray.

I'm at a loss to figure what would tempt me to read anything they put out in any other digital format.

Now The Aviation Safety Digest of DCA era, (AKA "crash comic) was entertaining, educational, worthy of keeping for reference, not burdened with advertisements, not a mouthpiece for CASA functionaries, without "spin", un-authored, was of good quality, and avidly read by all, (indeed some of mine were pinched).

The Editor, Mac Job, who did a great job keeping it that way.

Technology..... Bah!

[Up-into-the-air]

Social Media Comparison

By 20:56 on 1st October, there were views 2107 counted on this thread, after the thread was started just 80 hours ago.

casa skites today, that there were 2168 "followers" of their t.w.i.t.t.e.r. site and still casa follows "...no-one..."

Well done casa

How about you turn up on pprune and make some real discussions:

or are you just afraid of what the real feed-back would be!!

[halfmanhalfbiscuit]

or are you just afraid of what the real feed-back would be!!

A few critical threads have been shut down. Flying fiend used to post that the Feds are after casa weary. I think they know. Then there is the infamous amroba shouting match if rumours are true.

I'm getting an image of the Friday 16.59 t.witter feed. Image lsg being limited to 140 characters!

If you want to read about the senate inquiry you'll find pprune has two threads with 600 and 274,000 views. No mention in the casa briefing.


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[LeadSled]

I'm going to jump in here and say that CASA's use of social media works for me.

Shagpile,
Does this mean you attention span/comprehension is limited to 140 characters. The idea that CASA can say anything serious in 140 characters is just faintly ludicrous.
Tootle pip!!

[Fantome]

what occasioned our resident satirist, 004's departure to the gulag?
has his broad brush offended ,or neatly wielded rapier drawn blood
upon some over- righteous cheek.?

[Shagpile]

Does this mean you attention span/comprehension is limited to 140 characters.

You are missing the point - they post a 1 sentence summary with a link to the article which you read for 5 minutes if it interests you.

It's not attention span, it's a way of filtering the countless bull**** and cherry picking what you want to read in detail.

[Frank Arouet]

our resident satirist, 004's departure

I briefly noted a post from another with an Islander sounding "handle", (who I think is also departed), with some rather rough language allegedly posted by 004. This could also have been a cut and paste from a PM, but I think one MOD thought it without taste and binned them all. Possibly a reminder to all to be careful about PM's because they are possibly open to abuse.

I'm probably wrong as usual and it is sad to see those who appear to have accurate information lost, but we do post in a "benevolent dictatorship" and should play by their rules when playing in their sandpit.

I'm thread banned in some because of bad behavior. Very frustrating.

[Cactusjack]

I'm always copping bans, often for nothing more than saying things the way they really are. Sadly some in society can't handle that and would prefer the sugar coated gently gently approach. Then again, some people don't like it when you make a truthful statement which is not a glistening or endearing statement or endorsement about their employer or former employer, whom they love.
The world is full of nepotism, hypocrites and weaklings.

[LeadSled]

You are missing the point - they post a 1 sentence summary with a link to the article which you read for 5 minutes if it interests you.

Shags,
Not missing the point at all. In my view depending on services such as twitter says more about some in the aviation community.
I would suggest that those in the aviation community who have an actual need for CASA information will already be registered with the CASA web site, and all requested material will just arrive in your in-box, without the need to interpose twitter or similar.
Tootle pip!!

[Fantome]

What Cactusjack said, his two bob's on the preciousness that prevails in this insipid PC ruled society we choose to inhabit, is worth more than a passing thought.

Of course, if we want to we can up sticks tomorrow .. . . . go far far away from the noise and the clamour of news-speak infected society. Go to a place
where peace and contentment reigns. Every day. Every night. A place where no thoughtless neighbours pollute the air with noise, argument, loud mouthed conversations, and the smell of their burning offal.

Yep . . .. have a care here, or you will be censored or cast out. If robust thought and language are your preference then you must find it among your own mates. Or in reading uncompromising stuff, such as the books of Kurt Vonnegut ( 'Slaughterhouse Five"). Others worthy of close attention are Orwell, Kesey and Heller. The reading list is long.
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[Up-into-the-air]

casa is out of touch with the Aviation Industry

From casa's annual report at page 61:

Initiative 3.4.1
Enhancing CASA’s relationship with the wider aviation community

Measure Continuing to provide accurate and timely information to the wider aviation community on aviation safety issues, including making effective use of the news and social media to deliver key messages

Result

During the year, 45 media releases were issued and 349 tweets posted. CASA now has 2,052 Twitter followers. The media published 1,012 stories mentioning CASA. CASA’s YouTube channel has recorded a total of 20,500 views.

CASA’s monthly e-newsletter, The CASA Briefing, currently has more than 12,500 subscribers.

Well done casa!!

This thread [CASA crows about Social media], started on 27th September 2013, now has 3236 views and 30 posts -5 weeks and 3 days - some 38 days.

A better measure as to the effectiveness of pprune, is the Senate threads, which have a combined 3983 posts and 880,728 reads - maybe casa needs to read and listen to us.

This is compared to the miserable penetration of the pilot population by the media of just 12,500 out of 39,360 (less than 1/3) of pilots that casa says are licenced. As for t.w.i.t.t.e.r, this does not even get to 6% of the pilot population much less than other "followers".

That does not take account of others, who are not pilots who may read the missives.

When we get to poohtube, I counted 9372 views as per the counter and 386 subscribers at 4th November 2013. The total counter by this point was 27,994 with a further 20 videos added. The number of subscribers versus the number of views only just matches, suggesting that casa is making no headway.

More rubbish stats mr. casa

[601]

Does a twitter grow up to be a twit

I can just see a new FO twittering to the Captain about being 5kt slow

[Sarcs]

Twaddle personified..err..depersonalised..err

601 love it! The funny thing is FF normally Twaddle just about everything they do verbatim but when it came to their biggest performance indicator, the annual report, not a solitary twaddle...see for yourself:
CASA Briefing

Senator Edwards: "Are you proud of this report??"

[Paragraph377]

Safe media for all

Perhaps activist group ANONYMOUS will do an expose on Fort Fumble? It would certainly make for some interesting media viewing. But then again even those wily hackers probably couldn't penetrate the bowels of Sky Sentinel or TRIM, the heart, soul and true bowel of CASA. After all, is it possible to hack sh#t?

[601]

Does a PPRuNe grow up to be a twit

Bl00dy computers. That is not what I posted.

I will have another go.

Does a "twitter" grow up to be a twit.

If twitter turns into PRPuNe, I will give it a NCN and a RCA and threaten to withdraw the AOC.

[Frank Arouet]

I've noted on various occasions the auto censor adjusting my posts. I guess it's part of the new world order that we can't mention certain things without altering the spelling or something.

I can only assume "ANONYMOUS" will shortly become non politically correct, (NPC), and you will have to think up something else, slightly different, but without confusing Algie or Lookleft.

How about "Anymouse" if it comes to that?

I hope this helps.

[Lookleft]

Conrad's "Heart of Darkness" another good read.

I can only assume "ANONYMOUS" will shortly become non politically correct, (NPC), and you will have to think up something else, slightly different, but without confusing Algie or Lookleft.

Ah Frank the pills wearing off are they? And yet you wonder why posters get banned! I haven't put a single post on this thread prior to this one yet you consider its acceptable to play the man because you don't like what I post on another thread. BTW 004 is alive and well on the PPRUNE boards he just has a different name. Just have a look at some of the posters that popped up after 004's banning.

You lament the apparent PC and the supposed heavy handed treatment of some yet if anyone steps over the party line and group think on this and any other thread that has CASA as its main theme then its out with hob nailed boots and batons. I would add "Lord of the Flies" to Fantomes book list. You might want the large print version Frank.

[Frank Arouet]

Thanks for the reminder. just took them.

I'm aware you troll through these forums so didn't think it mattered where I put my comments. Sorry I hurt your feelings, but you do seem confused, (as does Algie), with the topics and the nomenclature. I'm sure you understand the rules forbid naming or offending people, so using descriptive terms in lieu would seem like a good idea, (I thought). Some is designed, (I think), to be amusing or irreverent to keep the timbre of the discussion non abrasive, but meaningful only to those being attacked for their incompetence. Your offence could indicate you are one of the crew. I hope not, your input fills a much neglected void and adds balance to things like the pot plant discussions and future questions on government waste and mismanagement.

Have you a better idea other than shutting down the threads?

BTW, I take offence at "playing the man". I've never done anything like that. Name's Bruce I suppose.

[Lookleft]

BTW, I take offence at "playing the man". I've never done anything like that.
Name's Bruce I suppose

Sorry I thought your name was Frank. If you don't want to be accused of playing the man

I'm aware you troll through these forums

then don't include throw away insults in your posts, simples!

[Frank Arouet]

You are very unsocial in a thread about social media. But as Shagpile noted in his take on the CASA social experiment;

It's not attention span, it's a way of filtering the countless bull**** and cherry picking what you want to read in detail.

Look up "PAIN_NET" in twi**er land, they have such a thing to save you the endless tedium of reading these posts and you can cherry pick what you want to read without being a crashing bore all the time.

I hope this helps you Bruce.

BTW, what's a "simples"? I hope that's not a throw away insult.