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Ask HN: How to get traction on an open source JavaScript project?

I've been working on a front-end MV* framework for some time. It would be great to get other's input ,feedback, and commits but I can't seem to figure how exactly to go about doing it. I've posted it to here a number of times but my posts just slide right off the 1st page into oblivion every time. Does anyone who has experience building up an open source project care to share their story?

mentifex 10y ago
How to get traction on an open source JavaScript project? It depends on what you mean by "traction". I have been running an open-source JavaScript project in artificial intelligence at http://www.nlg-wiki.org/systems/Mind http://www.nlg-wiki.org/systems/Mind and other venues for a number of years. The JavaScript AI project is mainly in support of my other AI projects at http://ai.neocities.org/AiSteps.html http://ai.neocities.org/AiSteps.html and at http://github.com/PriorArt/AGI/wiki/MindGrid http://github.com/PriorArt/AGI/wiki/MindGrid and http://mind.sourceforge.net/js.html http://mind.sourceforge.net/js.html and a host of other sites. Upshot? The JSAI project does not get "traction" for itself; it exists to engender "traction" for the Mentifex Strong AI project in Forth and in Perl. Netizens who might not want to download Forth and the Mind.Forth AI will be perfectly willing to point MSIE at http://ai.neocities.org/AiMind.html http://ai.neocities.org/AiMind.html and try out the JavaScript AI in English or the http://ai.neocities.org/Dushka.html http://ai.neocities.org/Dushka.html AI in Russian. So, good luck in your search for "traction". Be glad that Netizens do not actively hound you and denigrate you like they do Mentifex.
brudgers 10y ago
Looking at the stories link for stories on your user profile page, I only saw one javascript project as a 'Show HN' from several months ago. The link to it is dead. If you're posting under a different account, it probably doing so probably doesn't add any value. Good luck.

mentifex 10y ago

How to get traction on an open source JavaScript project? It depends on what you mean by "traction". I have been running an open-source JavaScript project in artificial intelligence at http://www.nlg-wiki.org/systems/Mind http://www.nlg-wiki.org/systems/Mind and other venues for a number of years. The JavaScript AI project is mainly in support of my other AI projects at http://ai.neocities.org/AiSteps.html http://ai.neocities.org/AiSteps.html and at http://github.com/PriorArt/AGI/wiki/MindGrid http://github.com/PriorArt/AGI/wiki/MindGrid and http://mind.sourceforge.net/js.html http://mind.sourceforge.net/js.html and a host of other sites. Upshot? The JSAI project does not get "traction" for itself; it exists to engender "traction" for the Mentifex Strong AI project in Forth and in Perl. Netizens who might not want to download Forth and the Mind.Forth AI will be perfectly willing to point MSIE at http://ai.neocities.org/AiMind.html http://ai.neocities.org/AiMind.html and try out the JavaScript AI in English or the http://ai.neocities.org/Dushka.html http://ai.neocities.org/Dushka.html AI in Russian. So, good luck in your search for "traction". Be glad that Netizens do not actively hound you and denigrate you like they do Mentifex.

brudgers 10y ago

Looking at the stories link for stories on your user profile page, I only saw one javascript project as a 'Show HN' from several months ago. The link to it is dead. If you're posting under a different account, it probably doing so probably doesn't add any value. Good luck.