Need help getting an Ubuntu Stack Exchange created through promotion

[Stas Sușcov]

În data de Vi, 16-07-2010 la 20:04 -0500, Be Netritious a scris:
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> I'm fairly new to Ubuntu (little over a year) but I am surprised by
> the reaction to this idea.
> 
> Until yesterday when the initial email came in I had not heard of
> stack overflow, but it's an interesting web site that seems to cater
> to all things technical and geared towards programmers. As a
> programmer myself I welcome more resources, even ones that might
> challenge or compete with Ubuntu resources. Competition brings to
> light what is good, but more importantly what is better.
> 
> If I could sum up the reaction I would say it's been overwhelmingly
> critical of stack overflow being closed source, which is an illogical
> argument since Ubuntu LoCo's use twitter and facebook, both of which
> are proprietary platforms.
> 
> The argument that having additional resources "would spread Ubuntu
> thin" is just, well, also illogical. It's "Spread Ubuntu" not "Spread
> Ubuntu this much [  ] then stop." The first tutorial I followed to
> setup a HA cluster for VMware Server on Ubuntu was from How To Forge
> as no such tutorial existed on Ubuntu's plethora of web sites. Without
> that tutorial this user would still be using Windows or some other
> distribution. The success of that third-party tutorial was Ubuntu's
> success -- Ubuntu gained a new user, a new LoCo team member, and
> (hopefully one day) an official representative.
> 
> Ubuntu in itself is convoluted to the new user. I had to register with
> launchpad, register with the forums, setup PGP to sign a Code of
> Conduct, etc. It didn't stop me nor would it stop anyone else that's
> truly interested in joining a LoCo, and just because there are
> additional resources on another web site doesn't mean Ubuntu users
> cannot benefit from them, and it doesn't mean that existing Ubuntu
> resources would suffer from it.
> 
> Also why is it a problem that web sites monetize traffic from
> advertisements? I bet you all use Google, and not all projects have
> backing from zillionaires like Mark Shuttleworth.
> 
> I truly don't see what all the fuss is about. The only complaint I
> have is the method in which the message was delivered. I don't think
> that the LoCo mailing lists are the most appropriate place to
> advertise third party web sites. In fact I thought this was another
> instance of spam getting through the system until I read it closely.
> 
> Kindest Regards,
> Rich Gray (netritious)


Sorry but reading all this replies, it looks that you simply ignored the
messages where the main idea is explained. People have nothing to do
with Facebook and twitter, until somebody doesn't try to make `a must`
out of it. Those who are using resources like SE didn't ask to support
their initiative, they just registered it and got their fans on their
own. The point is that you are free to use SE and create a new community
there, but why should we spam loco's in the hope of their support? I
think that the subject is now fully consumed and we should stop
repeating ourselves. Those who didn't get it by now, please read again
the thread.

You want it, go ahead, but since it's not a community owned thing, don't
ask locos to jump into it, IT'S WRONG!

Have a great weekend.