> we are one of HPR's most popular podcasts which regularly > publishes content. See, this right here is exactly the disconnect. HPR is *one* podcast. You simply cannot be "one of HPR's most popular podcasts" because (1) its not a competition, and more importantly (2) HPR is a single podcast.
> But let's take a look at the bigger picture. If our experience never > mind the feedback we are getting through official and other channels > are anything to go by, the vast majority of our listeners couldn't > care less where they get their episodes from. They heard or read > about the podcast, search for the RSS feed, subscribe to it and if > they like what they hear downloaded from a server, they stick with us. > > End of story. Sure, fine, whatever. That's not really relevant to the question(s) at hand one way or the other. And, if it were, it very much points to you using HPR as something that we, the borader HPR community, have decided that it is not. A platform to host your own podcast from. > In this light, any discussion about wording, podcasts vs hosting > platforms, etc. is academic and thus irrelevant for these listeners Maybe, but they aren't to us. > Of course, bylaws are bylaws and feeling that we may have overstayed > our welcome, we are happy to move the content elsewhere (probably > archive.org as suggested by Ken) I do want to point out that that was not the only option presented. >which also has the side effect of > reducing the technical debt of the corresponding automation workflow > significantly. There is absolutely no call for this kind of backhanded comment. The HPR admins/janitors have consistently worked to improve the tooling of the site to support *the HPR workflow*, while keeping everything that already exists functional as is. This is one of the worst "sour grapes" examples I've seen in a long time, and really belittles the work they do. To circle back to one more point > Having said that I cannot get rid of that sinking feeling that HPR > and its community shy away from success. No. But I think we define success differently. (Speaking personally) If the success of any one HPR series doesn't translate into success for the community as a whole, then its not really a sucess for HPR. Having said all that, I still wish you the best of luck going foward. I hope that this is nothing more than an honest disagreement between a group of well meaning folks. /x1101 _______________________________________________ Hpr mailing list [email protected] http://hackerpublicradio.org/mailman/listinfo/hpr_hackerpublicradio.org
