Name: /prog/ community manager 2012-01-02 17:50
Greetings /prog/,
2012 has started, and I'm pleased to see such enthusiasm with regards to our resolutions. I especially enjoyed reading about how much of /prog/ wants to come together to collaborate on a bigger project. Without an epic idea to start with, one can only achieve mediocrity (at best). So let us dream big.
But also, let's make sure we do not repeat the mistakes of the past. The last time we tried something like that it was called Anonix, and this project died a slow death. As /prog/'s official community manager, it is my job to ensure we do not go down that route again. Since some of you are new here, I will attempt to briefly summarize what went wrong with Anonix:
* unrealistic objectives
* limited usefulness
* no fun factor
* last but certainly not least: no repository
As you can see none of these problems are fundamentally unsolvable. And in fact, most have already been solved since we're not writing an OS. ITT we try to tackle the last one.
What /prog/ needs first, IMO, is a communal repository. A place where we can share all of our /prog/ scrapers, userscripts, games, challenges etc... I'm sure there are people here who have server space to make this a possibility, and I'm sure there are other people here who have the technical know-how to make this a reality. I am calling on those people to step forward and get in contact with each other.
United as One,
Divided by Zero,
for /prog/ !
2012 has started, and I'm pleased to see such enthusiasm with regards to our resolutions. I especially enjoyed reading about how much of /prog/ wants to come together to collaborate on a bigger project. Without an epic idea to start with, one can only achieve mediocrity (at best). So let us dream big.
But also, let's make sure we do not repeat the mistakes of the past. The last time we tried something like that it was called Anonix, and this project died a slow death. As /prog/'s official community manager, it is my job to ensure we do not go down that route again. Since some of you are new here, I will attempt to briefly summarize what went wrong with Anonix:
* unrealistic objectives
* limited usefulness
* no fun factor
* last but certainly not least: no repository
As you can see none of these problems are fundamentally unsolvable. And in fact, most have already been solved since we're not writing an OS. ITT we try to tackle the last one.
What /prog/ needs first, IMO, is a communal repository. A place where we can share all of our /prog/ scrapers, userscripts, games, challenges etc... I'm sure there are people here who have server space to make this a possibility, and I'm sure there are other people here who have the technical know-how to make this a reality. I am calling on those people to step forward and get in contact with each other.
United as One,
Divided by Zero,
for /prog/ !