I'm happy with supporting RTD via the the current ads, as we concluded before. If they get worse, we should definitely reconsider. I'd also be fine with direct funding via a gold membership, if that is preferable to people. As Paul pointed out, we are in a funded situation that makes this possible. I'm not quite sure how exactly that would work, since RTD doesn't seem to have org accounts.
Since we use a custom theme on the main jupyter.readthedocs.io at the moment, that site is not currently supporting RTD since ads are not shown. -MinRK On Fri, Dec 9, 2016 at 9:25 AM, Thomas Kluyver <[email protected]> wrote: > So long as the adverts are not crass or misleading, I think it's an > acceptable price for the value we get from RTD. They seem to be doing a > fairly good job of making them unobtrusive. > > On 9 December 2016 at 07:44, Carol Willing <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Paul, >> >> Thanks Matthias for linking the original discussion. Paul, while I agree >> with you that an ad-free experience has its merits, there is also value in >> supporting the sustainability of ReadTheDocs, one of the most used open >> source services. While we can certainly revisit the decision to have the >> small ad on the sidebar, the team, back in March, felt that the benefit of >> supporting the sustainability of RTD was important and outweighed the >> distraction of a small ad. >> >> I've personally been a Gold contributor to ReadTheDocs for a long time >> since I believe their service makes documentation more accessible and >> helpful. There are some good Talk Python to Me podcasts that discuss the >> RTD and open source sustainability. I would be happy to chat more about >> sustainability when I see you next week. >> >> I don't have strong objections about removing the ads as long as >> ReadTheDocs receives similar financial income from Jupyter to sustain the >> RTD project. >> >> Here are some additional links re: sustainability and Jupyter popularity >> on RTD: >> >> >> - https://readthedocs.org/sustainability/ A fundraising campaign and >> its results >> - https://blog.readthedocs.com/read-the-docs-2015-stats/ Stats from >> 2015 usage of RTD >> - https://www.seethestats.com/site/readthedocs.org Stats from the >> last 30 days on RTD usage. Interestingly, Jupyter documentation is among >> the most visited documentation. >> >> Warmly, >> >> Carol >> >> *Carol Willing* >> >> Research Software Engineer, Project Jupyter >> Cal Poly San Luis Obispo >> >> Director, Python Software Foundation >> >> Strengths: Empathy, Relator, Ideation, Strategic, Learner >> >> Sent from Nylas N1 >> <https://link.nylas.com/link/68p140bimyedpd78wkdi7pwew/local-d11df4aa-ce37/0?redirect=https%3A%2F%2Fnylas.com%2Fn1%3Fref%3Dn1&r=anVweXRlckBnb29nbGVncm91cHMuY29t>, >> the extensible, open source mail client. >> >> On Dec 8 2016, at 6:22 pm, Paul Ivanov <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hello everyone, >>> >>> I've been away for a while, but now that I'm back, I wanted to chime in >>> that I was jolted by viewing our docs on a site that inserts >>> advertisements, it cheapens the experience and somehow undermines their >>> authority for me. >>> >>> According to this blog entry, this started happening in March of this >>> year: >>> https://blog.readthedocs.com/ads-on-read-the-docs/ >>> <https://blog.readthedocs.com/ads-on-read-the-docs/&r=anVweXRlckBnb29nbGVncm91cHMuY29t> >>> >>> There is an opting out policy listed on there, and I just wanted to >>> bring this up as something we should do, and gauge how other people feel >>> about it. >>> >>> I'm not sure who's in charge of our readthedocs integration, but while >>> we have some grant money, could we figure out how much a gold subscription >>> would be? >>> >>> best, >>> -- >>> _ >>> / \ >>> A* \^ - >>> ,./ _.`\\ / \ >>> / ,--.S \/ \ >>> / `"~,_ \ \ >>> __o ? >>> _ \<,_ /:\ >>> --(_)/-(_)----.../ | \ >>> --------------.......J >>> Paul Ivanov >>> http://pirsquared.org >>> <http://pirsquared.org&r=anVweXRlckBnb29nbGVncm91cHMuY29t> | GPG/PGP >>> key id: 0x0F3E28F7 >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Project Jupyter" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ms >>> gid/jupyter/CAKCGbV7d0JGMfqnLqXyvruhREFMQRuhbGVQvcjhgcMY958A >>> Kjw%40mail.gmail.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jupyter/CAKCGbV7d0JGMfqnLqXyvruhREFMQRuhbGVQvcjhgcMY958AKjw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer&r=anVweXRlckBnb29nbGVncm91cHMuY29t> >>> . >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/optout&r=anVweXRlckBnb29nbGVncm91cHMuY29t>. >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Project Jupyter" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ms >> gid/jupyter/5oqe061kp7vdikc4dyw4o1m43-2147483647%40mailer.nylas.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jupyter/5oqe061kp7vdikc4dyw4o1m43-2147483647%40mailer.nylas.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Project Jupyter" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > msgid/jupyter/CAOvn4qijjTLOJVi1a5RiZO5eyCViTzy%2BMaGvsw_3oP9jAFHghA% > 40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jupyter/CAOvn4qijjTLOJVi1a5RiZO5eyCViTzy%2BMaGvsw_3oP9jAFHghA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Project Jupyter" group. 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