Re: slashdot presence

Just doing my part ;)


On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 10:38 PM, Carl Symons <[email protected]> wrote:
> A couple of observations about KDE Promo and Slashdot.org
>
> KDE stories with wide appeal that appear on the Dot or PlanetKDE seem
> to show up on Slashdot shortly thereafter. That's nice exposure. (Is
> someone from KDE-promo feeding those stories?)
>
> Slashdot commenters tend toward snark and repartee, although these
> comments are only occasionally intelligent or humorous. Thick skin is
> recommended for reading /. comments if one is at all invested in the
> original story. It strikes me that many Dot anonymous comments have
> had a similar insult-driven/can't you take a joke/free speech RULZ!
> tone. Sticking to the KDE Mission and Code of Conduct is refreshingly
> different.
>
> This morning, there was a Slashdot story about the Beginner's Guide to
> KDE Development
> (http://dot.kde.org/2012/02/05/kde-development-%E2%80%93-beginners-guide).
> Rohan Garg was part of that team and contributed the Dot story. He saw
> a Slashdot comment about the lack of a link to the online version.
> Apologized personally and graciously, even though it wasn't his fault.
> He emailed dot-editors. Within 15 minutes it was fixed. Outstanding
> example of how KDE works. Thank you, Rohan!
>
> Carl

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