Re: Questions regarding dot and planet

I'm absolutely interested in hearing your thoughts!
On May 14, 2015 11:44 AM, "James Cain" <[email protected]> wrote:

>  On Friday, May 01, 2015 01:39:55 PM Harold Schreckengost wrote:
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> > We have an audience who is in between "my computer has a cup holder!" and
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> > "I like having the bleeding edge." That's really who I'm aiming for.
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> +1. There needs to be a focus on providing News (Relevant Community and
> Official) and Commentary that is aimed at the semi-technical,
> tech-enthusiast crowd. Ideally, this would contain both original content as
> well as highlights from all of our various front-facing media: Planet,
> .Dot, G+, Youtube channel, etc. That's sort of what I was trying to do with
> http://thebluemint.blogspot.com, although that obviously hasn't been
> updated in a while.
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> > >>> On Thursday 30 April 2015 22:09:46 Harold Schreckengost wrote:
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> > >>> > Do we have anything that is intended for regular users, rather than
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> > >>> > technical-minded? If so, where can I find it? If not, is there any
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> > >>> > particular reason?
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> Since no one has mentioned this in this thread yet, I would like to throw
> out there that a possible outlet for this type of communication may already
> exist in Userbase. On Userbase's landing page it says "Userbase.kde.org
> is the home for KDE users and enthusiasts." So it would appear that we have
> our potential outlet medium already defined for us.
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> Userbase in it's current state is stagnant and boring. And I would say
> evidence of this is the fact that no one has even mentioned it. Couldn't we
> make a case, or at least initiate a discussion, for making it a bit more
> relevant? And while we're in the mood to possibly shake things up a bit,
> the Community and Userbase wiki's could potentially be combined into one
> dynamic (read: non-stagnant) web presence, serving to (among other things)
> engage the community, educate on KDE applications, provide an aggregated
> (non-techie) news source, and elicit potential contributors. By "News" I do
> not mean just provide a Planet widget on the main page, but as mentioned
> earlier provide news from more of a user/fan perspective.
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> In essence we have the Dot, which is pretty good in it's current state -
> essentially an official news outlet with relevant content well positioned
> on the landing page. We have Planet, with relevant developer news and
> commentary. What's evidently lacking is a user /fan-only site that informs,
> entertains, educates, and motivates our Users. I have several ideas on how
> we could make this happen should anyone find my opinions worth pondering.
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