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   by loganabbott 11y ago

   I think the imagery you referenced in your post was a little non-sensical. But okay. Looks like you got quite a few likes and comments on that post so gold star for you.
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   by loganabbott 11y ago

   It's been.... interesting.. thus far. But definitely fun.
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   by loganabbott 11y ago

   I don't sleep. Willing to spend whatever we need to.
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   by loganabbott 11y ago

   You're right. If you click on some of those you'll see they are now 404'd. Google just has to de-index them. We've been removing tens of thousands of spam pages like this per day. Should have it all cleaned up in the nex
5. 95.▲
   by loganabbott 11y ago

   Thanks!
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   by loganabbott 11y ago

   We didn't poison the well. We purchased the well from the people who poisoned it and immediately detoxified it.
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   by loganabbott 11y ago

   Thank you. We hope to become relevant in the minds of developers like you soon.
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   by loganabbott 11y ago

   SourceForge still receives 35 million visitors per month so it'd have to "die" to "remain dead". We're going to focus on ridding it of everything that hurt its reputation, and we're already on our way. We&
9. 99.▲
   by loganabbott 11y ago

   Yes but nothing in the way of unwanted bundled software or other models that would upset developers or users.
10. 100.▲
    by loganabbott 11y ago

    You'd have to see tens of thousands of projects move all at once to see traffic implode "overnight"
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    by loganabbott 11y ago

    The UI will be improved definitely. We just need some time (i.e. more than a couple weeks). It's an old, large beast so it will take a bit of time. And yes the deceptive advertising will be addressed.
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    by loganabbott 11y ago

    We have a roadmap. We are reaching out to large projects. We are going to focus on improving the UI and feature sets for developers. We are going to focus on eliminating bundled installers and deceptive advertisements. You are right that th
13. 103.▲
    by loganabbott 11y ago

    Thanks. We will be posting about our long-term plans soon.
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    by loganabbott 11y ago

    Our model can be profitable with advertising and lead gen, with NO deceptive advertising or bundled installers. On top of that we plan to improve the UI and feature set (https just rolled out), and then, we hope, things will only improve fr
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    by loganabbott 11y ago

    SourceForge makes money off of advertising and lead generation. It might sound crazy, but SourceForge's traffic now is higher than it was 5 years ago. It peaked around 2-3 years ago, however. We are a small, agile company with a good t
16. 106.▲
    by loganabbott 11y ago

    We will vastly improve the UI in time. Just need more than 2 weeks ;)
17. 107.▲
    by loganabbott 11y ago

    Thank you. Trying to do the right thing here.
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    by loganabbott 11y ago

    Thanks! SF will be rocking on soon enough.
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    by loganabbott 11y ago

    Thanks much
20. 110.▲
    by loganabbott 11y ago

    Thanks. We are not planning on selling. In this for the long haul
21. 111.▲
    by loganabbott 11y ago

    Thanks. I appreciate the kind words. I think we'll have the ship righted sooner than people think.
22. 112.▲
    by loganabbott 11y ago

    Glad to hear it. Stay tuned and you'll hopefully see some great stuff come to fruition
23. 113.▲
    by loganabbott 11y ago

    :) right here. Everything we will do to going forward will be transparent and dictated by user feedback.
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    by loganabbott 11y ago

    Good idea
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    by loganabbott 11y ago

    We saw a great opportunity in SourceForge: tens of thousands of projects and developers, and a very sizable user base. The problem was that they were being largely ignored by the previous owners. Done right, I think SourceForge can become e
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    by loganabbott 11y ago

    I'm familiar with HN. It's just that this blog post was written by me, so I want to listen and respond to the feedback the community has to offer. Most of what got SourceForge in a bad situation in the first place were complaints
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    by loganabbott 11y ago

    Yes you're absolutely right, and we will 100%.
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    by loganabbott 11y ago

    Because we'd rather support the tens of thousands of projects and developers, and millions of users that rely on SourceForge. Clean it up, improve the feature set, and be transparent. But alright then.
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    by loganabbott 11y ago

    Yes the malware is gone. Now what's left is somewhat deceptive ads in some cases (ads with download button images in them). These are served programmatically from ad networks but we're building a system where they can be reported
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    by loganabbott 11y ago

    Thanks. We are serious and I do appreciate all the feedback here. Agreed about the competition part as well.