On 05/19/2016 06:32 AM, Stephen Michel wrote: > On Thu, May 19, 2016 at 12:59 AM, Bryan Richter <br...@snowdrift.coop> > wrote: >> On Wed, May 18, 2016 at 09:22:46PM -0600, Michael Siepmann wrote: >> >> On 05/18/2016 05:51 PM, Bryan Richter wrote: > On Tue, May 17, >> 2016 at 12:13:34PM -0600, Peter Harpending wrote: >> On Tue, May >> 17, 2016 at 10:21:23AM -0700, Bryan Richter wrote: >>> Website >> work is blocked on taking care of the blog, so let's do >>> that. >> We have to make some decisions, but first we need to agree >>> on >> what purpose we are trying to achieve. >>> >>> To frame the >> "purpose" discussion, I'll pose the first question: >>> Where does >> the blog live? The decision flowchart starts with: >>> >>> 1. Blog >> lives on the main site >>> 2. Blog lives somewhere else >>> >>> >> Which shall it be? >>> >>> But let's not simply answer that >> question. Let's start by >>> understanding why we have a blog, and >> figure out what we need to >>> make it a success. From there, it >> should be easier to agree on >>> this decision, and the ones that >> follow. >>> >>> Here's my brainstorm for the blog's purpose: >>> >> >>> 1. Show signs of life >>> 2. Keep people engaged >>> 3. Talk >> about problems we're facing >>> 4. Talk about progress we've made >> >>> 5. Add more content to the Internets, making it easier for >>> >> people to find us in searches Would https://withknown.com/ be >> worth considering? I'm considering using it myself since I like >> the idea of the IndieWeb (http://indiewebcamp.com/) which I >> learned about from Aaron - and it seems to be by far the easiest >> way to do that. There's some info about it at >> http://indiewebcamp.com/Projects too. >> >> It looks pretty slick. I added it to a list on the User Story: >> https://tree.taiga.io/project/snowdrift/us/61 Once we collect a few >> more possibilities, I think it will be time to try to compare the pros >> and cons. > > Another possibility is Medium.com. >
No, Medium is *not* a possibility, period. They are NOT FLO. It is not okay for us to disrespect the FLO status of projects like Ghost and go with a proprietary blog service. We could not fork or self-host or otherwise do whatever we need if Medium does things we don't want. Medium encourages everyone to log in with Twitter, Facebook, or Google. They are very much NOT a site that shares our values already. > I believe they are only partially FLO (openness is one of their core > values, but not with a code focus), but they have a wonderful UX, a > snowdrift-compatible color scheme, and, I believe, an existing > readership that is likely to be interested in Snowdrift.coop (though > perhaps more from an angle of "this is an exciting new innovation" than > "this is important for the FLO ecosystem" -- people who we can convert!). >
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