On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 10:54:27AM -0400, Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier wrote: > On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 10:45 AM, Paul W. Frields <sticks...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Let's refrain from bashing reporters or news venues on this list > > please. While reporters sometimes get things wrong or put their own > > spin on information we provide, having a healthy relationship with > > them is mutually beneficial. > > It's also worth noting that reporters, by their nature, tend to read a > lot of lists. ;-) Bashing them on your marketing list may not be the > best way to get good press in the future. > > Think of corrections like bug reports -- what type of attitude do you > want to see communicated from users and other developers when they > report a bug? > > * "Hey, great program - but I ran into this problem..." > * "Damn developers, can't you ship anything that works? Once again, my > FooBar 2000 is locking up when I try to run Fedora 13 beta..."
Great input, Joe! Isn't it amazing how often the Golden Rule comes in handy? :-) Whether you're a developer, a marketeer, or a reporter, we all make mistakes from time to time. Blogs, social networking tools, whatever -- these are all places where Fedora contributors represent Fedora. They're public, archived, and in fact could be part of what an employer or a peer will look at, when they want to find out more about you and how you deal with others in a personal or professional context. Wrap a correction in a helpful and friendly tone, and you do yourself and the project you represent a favor. -- Paul W. Frields http://paul.frields.org/ gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717 http://redhat.com/ - - - - http://pfrields.fedorapeople.org/ Where open source multiplies: http://opensource.com -- marketing mailing list marketing@lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing
