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Almost nothing in this article is accurate. We’ve been doing everything we can to improve SourceForge and we did not hide anything. The writer has an axe to gri

Almost nothing in this article is accurate. We’ve been doing everything we can to improve SourceForge and we did not hide anything. The writer has an axe to grind for some reason, and maybe his anger is warranted, but it's definitely directed at the wrong people. https://sourceforge.net/blog/introducing-the-new-sourceforge/ https://sourceforge.net/blog/introducing-the-new-sourceforge...

mkirklions 8y ago
>Removed bundled adware from projects Too late, already lost my trust. This was unexcusable to let happen years ago and was one of the scummiest things I experienced in the software world. I havent used sourceforge in years and have gone out of my way to avoid it. They cannot be trusted.
- EthanHeilman 8y ago
  They need to rebrand. Saying "download my new project from sourceforge" is an easy way to get cheap laughs from developers. I'm not saying this to dunk on sourceforge, but to make a point that the brand has so much ill will, broken trust and baggage associated with it that the first step should be a rename.
preinheimer 8y ago
Having read some of the articles around the missing SVN commits it certainly didn't seem to me like SourceForge was being transparent (or "New"). Was there some big outreach after that incident I would have missed?
mort96 8y ago
I'm actually very genuinely curious: Why did you take over SourceForge and keep its extremely tainted brand, instead of starting something new? Usually, when someone buys a brand, they're doing it because there's some value attached to it, but for me at least, it'll take a lot more for me to try out SourceForge than a service with a completely fresh brand I haven't heard about before.
- loganabbott 8y ago
  Because over a million people daily still use SourceForge, and over 500,000 projects do as well. We're focused on doing right by them.
stuntkite 8y ago
I remember back when 15ish years ago when SourceForge was a neat thing. I cannot, for the life of me, figure out why I would go there for any reason. Let alone host anything I cared about on that domain. It's not even death by a thousand cuts, which y'all have done to yourself, but you also just failed to provide anything in the last 10 years that felt like it wasn't a cop out. Ignoring the abysmal failures and adware issues, which should be a non starter anyway. We have tons of options that aren't SourceForge. Why is this even really a discussion? Gonna link to your SF from your My_? EDIT: Apparently SF is under new management and they are trying to change people's perception and are making good by a some accounts. I stand by what I said before I knew that, but I look forward to them contributing to the community in a way we can all respect.
- rblatz 8y ago
  You are replying to the new CEO that bought sourceforge in 2016 and stopped the shady behavior and terrible practices.
  - stuntkite 8y ago
    Well... I can say honestly, I haven't looked at the site since the adware bundling in GIMP fiasco. That was so criminal, I just couldn't fathom looking again. I guess that's my bad, but is illustrative of the public perception hole they have to climb out of. Good on 'em for trying to do better. I still fondly remember days of the first places I looked in the morning were SF and Slashdot. My apologies for being out of the loop.
    - loganabbott 8y ago
      Thanks. We obviously have to do a better job of getting the word out. I appreciate what you said though.
      - stuntkite 8y ago
        I appreciate you getting out here to talk to people and trying to do the best by your platform. I promise to give y'all a fair shake in the next few months and I wish you the best going forward.

mkirklions 8y ago

>Removed bundled adware from projects Too late, already lost my trust. This was unexcusable to let happen years ago and was one of the scummiest things I experienced in the software world. I havent used sourceforge in years and have gone out of my way to avoid it. They cannot be trusted.

EthanHeilman 8y ago
They need to rebrand. Saying "download my new project from sourceforge" is an easy way to get cheap laughs from developers. I'm not saying this to dunk on sourceforge, but to make a point that the brand has so much ill will, broken trust and baggage associated with it that the first step should be a rename.

preinheimer 8y ago

Having read some of the articles around the missing SVN commits it certainly didn't seem to me like SourceForge was being transparent (or "New"). Was there some big outreach after that incident I would have missed?

mort96 8y ago

I'm actually very genuinely curious: Why did you take over SourceForge and keep its extremely tainted brand, instead of starting something new? Usually, when someone buys a brand, they're doing it because there's some value attached to it, but for me at least, it'll take a lot more for me to try out SourceForge than a service with a completely fresh brand I haven't heard about before.

loganabbott 8y ago
Because over a million people daily still use SourceForge, and over 500,000 projects do as well. We're focused on doing right by them.

stuntkite 8y ago

I remember back when 15ish years ago when SourceForge was a neat thing. I cannot, for the life of me, figure out why I would go there for any reason. Let alone host anything I cared about on that domain. It's not even death by a thousand cuts, which y'all have done to yourself, but you also just failed to provide anything in the last 10 years that felt like it wasn't a cop out. Ignoring the abysmal failures and adware issues, which should be a non starter anyway. We have tons of options that aren't SourceForge. Why is this even really a discussion? Gonna link to your SF from your My_? EDIT: Apparently SF is under new management and they are trying to change people's perception and are making good by a some accounts. I stand by what I said before I knew that, but I look forward to them contributing to the community in a way we can all respect.

rblatz 8y ago
You are replying to the new CEO that bought sourceforge in 2016 and stopped the shady behavior and terrible practices.
- stuntkite 8y ago
  Well... I can say honestly, I haven't looked at the site since the adware bundling in GIMP fiasco. That was so criminal, I just couldn't fathom looking again. I guess that's my bad, but is illustrative of the public perception hole they have to climb out of. Good on 'em for trying to do better. I still fondly remember days of the first places I looked in the morning were SF and Slashdot. My apologies for being out of the loop.
  - loganabbott 8y ago
    Thanks. We obviously have to do a better job of getting the word out. I appreciate what you said though.
    - stuntkite 8y ago
      I appreciate you getting out here to talk to people and trying to do the best by your platform. I promise to give y'all a fair shake in the next few months and I wish you the best going forward.