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I'm starting to believe that Gitlab actually has marketing team dedicated to HN. Everytime there is a Gitlab HN post you would find random unrelated comments on

I'm starting to believe that Gitlab actually has marketing team dedicated to HN. Everytime there is a Gitlab HN post you would find random unrelated comments on why they prefer Gitlab over Github.

dewey 8y ago
What about the simpler theory: people actually like to use the product and like to share it?
bromuro 8y ago
More likely just fan-boys that like competitions David vs Goliath. However, GitLab is the only project here that constantly receives such noticeable treatment. It is a good marketing team indeed!
- pvinis 8y ago
  I wouldn't call us fanboys. I would call us devotees. Like firefox followers. We are not many, but we are devoted, and we will tell you about it, and the reasons we believe them to be superior to other products. :D
- dsumenkovic 8y ago
  Thanks for the praise, I've just left a comment about our team which loves to communitcate with everyone here. More details above or https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18855469 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18855469
klohto 8y ago
Considering that these comments have already been deleted (removed?), I think you're very much right.
dsumenkovic 8y ago
Hi, Community Advocate [1] at GitLab here. I am part of the team which takes care of our community and that includes the communication with users. Briefly our (my team's) goal is to respond to every question about GitLab asked online and to stay transparent [2] about evrerything. This helps us to create better documentation and processes as well as it's easier to provide feedback into GitLab. Regarding the user feedback and preferences on HN, everyone's comment is welcome and we really appreciate the words from the competitor's side. It's really interesting that many people at GitLab joins the HN threads and you probably noticed our CEO's activity as well as many other GitLabbers. [1] https://about.gitlab.com/job-families/marketing/community-advocate/ https://about.gitlab.com/job-families/marketing/community-ad... [2] https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/values/#transparency https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/values/#transparency
kerng 8y ago
I think you are correct. Gitlab strongly caters to the HN community, even at the beginning of the post from the CEO there is even a reference to a hacker news comment. Nothing wrong with that of course though, just interesting to observe that connection.

I'm starting to believe that Gitlab actually has marketing team dedicated to HN. Everytime there is a Gitlab HN post you would find random unrelated comments on why they prefer Gitlab over Github.

dewey 8y ago

What about the simpler theory: people actually like to use the product and like to share it?

bromuro 8y ago

More likely just fan-boys that like competitions David vs Goliath. However, GitLab is the only project here that constantly receives such noticeable treatment. It is a good marketing team indeed!

pvinis 8y ago
I wouldn't call us fanboys. I would call us devotees. Like firefox followers. We are not many, but we are devoted, and we will tell you about it, and the reasons we believe them to be superior to other products. :D
dsumenkovic 8y ago
Thanks for the praise, I've just left a comment about our team which loves to communitcate with everyone here. More details above or https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18855469 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18855469

klohto 8y ago

Considering that these comments have already been deleted (removed?), I think you're very much right.

dsumenkovic 8y ago

Hi, Community Advocate [1] at GitLab here. I am part of the team which takes care of our community and that includes the communication with users. Briefly our (my team's) goal is to respond to every question about GitLab asked online and to stay transparent [2] about evrerything. This helps us to create better documentation and processes as well as it's easier to provide feedback into GitLab. Regarding the user feedback and preferences on HN, everyone's comment is welcome and we really appreciate the words from the competitor's side. It's really interesting that many people at GitLab joins the HN threads and you probably noticed our CEO's activity as well as many other GitLabbers. [1] https://about.gitlab.com/job-families/marketing/community-advocate/ https://about.gitlab.com/job-families/marketing/community-ad... [2] https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/values/#transparency https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/values/#transparency

kerng 8y ago

I think you are correct. Gitlab strongly caters to the HN community, even at the beginning of the post from the CEO there is even a reference to a hacker news comment. Nothing wrong with that of course though, just interesting to observe that connection.