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I am not a big fan of Diaspora, but every-time there is a story on diaspora I have seen you plug Appleseed and sometimes badmouth Diaspora. First few times it
by pavs 16y ago
I am not a big fan of Diaspora, but every-time there is a story on diaspora I have seen you plug Appleseed and sometimes badmouth Diaspora.
First few times it was ok, not it just feels like spamming. Just because its open source, doesn't mean the project can't be spammed.
Maybe there is a better way to promote appleseed.
- michaelchisari 16y agoI'm an active member of HN, and I often plug other open source distributed social networking projects as well (ie, GNU Social). I feel, as a participating HN member, I do have a right to talk about my projects, and I usually take the time to discuss philosophical differences between the projects as well, in order to spur discussion, and not simply post a link. I do see distributed social networking as a group effort, and I think the hype is tilted in favor of the weakest link, so I do try and balance that out. If this is an issue, I apologize, but I thought talking about the projects we were working on was why this site exists. If people feel differently, though, I can delete my comments, and not post on related articles anymore.
- pavs 16y agoIts fine. But that wasn't my point. You specifically target Diaspora related stories to plug appleseed. To me that seems like bad form. IMO YMMV
- michaelchisari 16y agoI think if you look at my history, most of the time I plug Appleseed on Facebook stories, but in any case, I'll keep my comments on open source social networking more abstract, and not mention my project from now on, if people feel it's inappropriate.
- _pius 16y agoI think it's well worth mentioning your project and I hope you continue to do so. It's useful to put the Diaspora hype in perspective and let people know that there are other mature projects in active development as well.
- noblethrasher 16y agoI also encourage you to keep Appleseed on the radar in this way. It makes sense to mention Appleseed when a bunch of people who are interested in discussing social networking (especially opensource options) are nearby.
- DanielRibeiro 16y agoI like knowing the alternatives. Unfortunately, without news on the most mainstream stuff, the most unknown alternatives never surface. Therefore I really appreciate comments like this.
- jamesteow 16y agoConsidering this guy is doing it without the hype AND 200k of funding from the get go, I'm totally fine with him promoting his project.