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Maybe your comments didn't meant to come off like those people who complain about volunteer efforts, and maybe you legitamately meant them in goodwill...but, ha
by mxuribe 1y ago
Maybe your comments didn't meant to come off like those people who complain about volunteer efforts, and maybe you legitamately meant them in goodwill...but, have you considered submitting this as feedback directly at the project - instead of on HN? What might seem obvious to you, may not seem obvious to the *volunteers* of this effort. (Or, maybe they address this aspect within their forums - i honestly don't know?) Maybe send some feedback and suggestions - in a respectful manner - to the volunteers who manage this effort, so that, they can consider your suggestions?
- hombre_fatal 1y agoHey, maybe you're right about that. I was feeling pretty mischievous when I made that original comment. If someone were to do that, one idea is to pitch is that they can inline some different LibriVox recommendation lists on the homepage: https://www.google.com/search?q=librivox+book+recommendations https://www.google.com/search?q=librivox+book+recommendation... Doesn't even involve a DB query. Maybe store 10 lists in JS/HTML and randomly pick one on every homepage page load. For a project that depends on thousands of hours of donated content from strangers, 10 minutes of work on the homepage to promote some high quality donations isn't a big ask. That's a decent thing to remind them of when they resist the suggestion.