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Well, I'll assume shuttering the site isn't an option. Be careful also because apparently using the word "the" before the word "site" is taboo to some commenter
by loganabbott 11y ago
Well, I'll assume shuttering the site isn't an option. Be careful also because apparently using the word "the" before the word "site" is taboo to some commenters here. We're going to do the obvious stuff first: get rid of bundled software (done), get rid of deceptive advertising, improve features (like rolling out https, done), and then we will look at ideas like you mentioned. I appreciate the feedback.
- supersan 11y agoYes, you would gain a massive chunk of traffic if you can get your site spam and malware free. There are still some projects like mp3gain, etc that are useful. Right now uBlock won't even let me visit Sourceforge without adding it to my exceptions list (probably for a good reason).
- loganabbott 11y agoYes the malware is gone. Now what's left is somewhat deceptive ads in some cases (ads with download button images in them). These are served programmatically from ad networks but we're building a system where they can be reported and acted on right away. Hopefully we'll get uBlock to come around.
- JoshTriplett 11y agoAll of your competitors have zero ads. Are you exploring potential revenue models other than advertisement?
- loganabbott 11y agoYes but nothing in the way of unwanted bundled software or other models that would upset developers or users.
- rkeene2 11y agoOne feature of the old Sourceforge that I found helpful was the "compile farm" - not so much for the "compile" part (cross-compilers are nice), but to test the newly compiled code.