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Aside: why do listicles need a sponsor? According to Github, 452 people have contributed to the list. Are all of them getting some kind of share of the sponsors

Aside: why do listicles need a sponsor? According to Github, 452 people have contributed to the list. Are all of them getting some kind of share of the sponsorship dollars?

brianherbert 8y ago
The repo owner runs the website sponsoring the list.
- samcday 8y ago
  Fine, so put sponsored ads on the website that you're running. Just pretty please don't put them in the README :)
petercooper 8y ago
I post on Twitter a lot but I don't get a cut of their revenue.
- samcday 8y ago
  I'll acknowledge this is a pretty good zing! But I do see some difference between the two examples. These Github listicles have a history of being collaborative efforts by developers, in order to crowdsource a high-quality source of information on some kind of topic. To have the maintainer turn around and monetize the work of others, AFTER those others already submitted their contributions, seems kinda dishonest to me. With Twitter, you (sorta) know what you're signing up for, given that you agree to EULA, privacy policy and whatnot in order to register an account.
yllus 8y ago
I just went through the process of submitting the Canadian Football League's API and the process was structured enough - TravisCI tests to ensure a consistent documentation style - that I don't mind seeing the repo maintainer compensated for their efforts.
anomie31 8y ago
I wondered why too, so I reverted the commit that added the add, pulled in some PRs, and pushed it here. I plan to keep it up to date if there's any interest. https://notabug.org/anomie/public-apis https://notabug.org/anomie/public-apis
- Anthony-G 8y ago
  Thanks for doing something about this. I’ve bookmarked your fork of the project for future use. That ad was obnoxious and completely gratuitous – unlike the more tasteful Digital Ocean logo at the bottom of https://api.publicapis.org/ https://api.publicapis.org/ and the README page for https://github.com/davemachado/public-api https://github.com/davemachado/public-api In this case, it’s justifiable as it’s clear that Digital Ocean provide hosting for operating the API server.

Aside: why do listicles need a sponsor? According to Github, 452 people have contributed to the list. Are all of them getting some kind of share of the sponsorship dollars?

brianherbert 8y ago

The repo owner runs the website sponsoring the list.

samcday 8y ago
Fine, so put sponsored ads on the website that you're running. Just pretty please don't put them in the README :)

petercooper 8y ago

I post on Twitter a lot but I don't get a cut of their revenue.

samcday 8y ago
I'll acknowledge this is a pretty good zing! But I do see some difference between the two examples. These Github listicles have a history of being collaborative efforts by developers, in order to crowdsource a high-quality source of information on some kind of topic. To have the maintainer turn around and monetize the work of others, AFTER those others already submitted their contributions, seems kinda dishonest to me. With Twitter, you (sorta) know what you're signing up for, given that you agree to EULA, privacy policy and whatnot in order to register an account.

yllus 8y ago

I just went through the process of submitting the Canadian Football League's API and the process was structured enough - TravisCI tests to ensure a consistent documentation style - that I don't mind seeing the repo maintainer compensated for their efforts.

anomie31 8y ago

I wondered why too, so I reverted the commit that added the add, pulled in some PRs, and pushed it here. I plan to keep it up to date if there's any interest. https://notabug.org/anomie/public-apis https://notabug.org/anomie/public-apis

Anthony-G 8y ago
Thanks for doing something about this. I’ve bookmarked your fork of the project for future use. That ad was obnoxious and completely gratuitous – unlike the more tasteful Digital Ocean logo at the bottom of https://api.publicapis.org/ https://api.publicapis.org/ and the README page for https://github.com/davemachado/public-api https://github.com/davemachado/public-api In this case, it’s justifiable as it’s clear that Digital Ocean provide hosting for operating the API server.