[twitter-dev] Re: New app: twivert.com
Wow now I get spammed by people arguing about spam - and I'm now adding to that spam - oh the irony! ;-) Seriously though I've received more unwanted emails arguing about product announcements then I get product announcements - not sure where the harm in a one off product announcement was anyway. Peace, as they say, Neil. On 14 Jul 2009, at 19:35, Joel Strellner wrote: I think its fine as long as it is done only once for the app and the user interacts here more than just for purpose of telling people about the new app. On Jul 14, 10:19 am, Chad Etzel wrote: On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 12:16 PM, Andrew Badera wrote: When did this dev list become a self-promotion list? Can we knock this garbage off already? I get enough spam ON Twitter these days, I don't need it coming into my inbox via the dev list. I thought one of the purposes of the list was to promote/announce your new apps when they go live so that other devs are aware of new stuff coming out. Whether you like the app or not is up to you... -Chad
[twitter-dev] Re: New app: twivert.com
I think its fine as long as it is done only once for the app and the user interacts here more than just for purpose of telling people about the new app. On Jul 14, 10:19 am, Chad Etzel wrote: > On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 12:16 PM, Andrew Badera wrote: > > When did this dev list become a self-promotion list? Can we knock this > > garbage off already? I get enough spam ON Twitter these days, I don't need > > it coming into my inbox via the dev list. > > I thought one of the purposes of the list was to promote/announce your > new apps when they go live so that other devs are aware of new stuff > coming out. > > Whether you like the app or not is up to you... > > -Chad
[twitter-dev] Re: New app: twivert.com
On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 2:31 PM, Clint Shryock wrote: > The thread I recall about not announcing your apps here was more of a > "don't announce your app here if you want to keep it private / low key". If > I recall correctly the specific developer(s) was unhappy that someone had > blogged about a particular app that wasn't full and ready but had been > mentioned here. > I think new app announcements are fine, especially in this case, it was > done in a non-spammy manner. > > >> Most reasonably professional lists have a policy of no self promotion... > > please cite 3 examples. > > +Clint > Not that I think there'd be much difficulty in doing so, I a) have better things to do and b) have no time or energy to get into a pointless pissing match. Go show me 300 that don't. Who cares? It's common enough, whether it's 50% or 85%.
[twitter-dev] Re: New app: twivert.com
The thread I recall about not announcing your apps here was more of a "don't announce your app here if you want to keep it private / low key". If I recall correctly the specific developer(s) was unhappy that someone had blogged about a particular app that wasn't full and ready but had been mentioned here. I think new app announcements are fine, especially in this case, it was done in a non-spammy manner. > Most reasonably professional lists have a policy of no self promotion... please cite 3 examples. +Clint
[twitter-dev] Re: New app: twivert.com
On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 2:23 PM, Chad Etzel wrote: > > On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 2:12 PM, Andrew Badera wrote: > > I'm pretty sure it's been stated in the past that this is not the place > to > > advertise your apps. Maybe I'm recalling incorrectly. > > I don't remember that at all... if you can find it in the archives > then I'll shut up about it. > > I personally like seeing new app announcements here b/c it means one > less place I have to monitor, and I like seeing what new/innovative > things are being built. It's also a good way to hear about potential > competition or see that someone has done an idea that you might have > had, but now don't have to waste your time building it. > > I think this is a very appropriate place for those emails. Devs work > hard to build stuff; we should be able to tell other devs about our > work when it's ready :) > > You can create a filter to auto-delete "new app" emails if you hate > them that much. > > Anyone else feel strongly one way or the other? > > -Chad > Most reasonably professional lists have a policy of no self promotion unless you're tactfully answering someone else's question. Let's have a simple, separate app announcement list if you really need to be emailed about that, but let's keep the dev list on-topic and on-task. Some of us are here for the tech, not for the shiny stuff.
[twitter-dev] Re: New app: twivert.com
On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 2:12 PM, Andrew Badera wrote: > I'm pretty sure it's been stated in the past that this is not the place to > advertise your apps. Maybe I'm recalling incorrectly. I don't remember that at all... if you can find it in the archives then I'll shut up about it. I personally like seeing new app announcements here b/c it means one less place I have to monitor, and I like seeing what new/innovative things are being built. It's also a good way to hear about potential competition or see that someone has done an idea that you might have had, but now don't have to waste your time building it. I think this is a very appropriate place for those emails. Devs work hard to build stuff; we should be able to tell other devs about our work when it's ready :) You can create a filter to auto-delete "new app" emails if you hate them that much. Anyone else feel strongly one way or the other? -Chad
[twitter-dev] Re: New app: twivert.com
On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 1:19 PM, Chad Etzel wrote: > > On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 12:16 PM, Andrew Badera wrote: > > When did this dev list become a self-promotion list? Can we knock this > > garbage off already? I get enough spam ON Twitter these days, I don't > need > > it coming into my inbox via the dev list. > > I thought one of the purposes of the list was to promote/announce your > new apps when they go live so that other devs are aware of new stuff > coming out. > > Whether you like the app or not is up to you... > > -Chad > I'm pretty sure it's been stated in the past that this is not the place to advertise your apps. Maybe I'm recalling incorrectly. This is a tech list, not an advertisement list. It's noisy enough as it is. If people want to announce their apps, they should do it elsewhere.
[twitter-dev] Re: New app: twivert.com
Chad +1 On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 10:49 PM, Chad Etzel wrote: > > On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 12:16 PM, Andrew Badera wrote: >> When did this dev list become a self-promotion list? Can we knock this >> garbage off already? I get enough spam ON Twitter these days, I don't need >> it coming into my inbox via the dev list. > > I thought one of the purposes of the list was to promote/announce your > new apps when they go live so that other devs are aware of new stuff > coming out. > > Whether you like the app or not is up to you... > > -Chad >
[twitter-dev] Re: New app: twivert.com
On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 12:16 PM, Andrew Badera wrote: > When did this dev list become a self-promotion list? Can we knock this > garbage off already? I get enough spam ON Twitter these days, I don't need > it coming into my inbox via the dev list. I thought one of the purposes of the list was to promote/announce your new apps when they go live so that other devs are aware of new stuff coming out. Whether you like the app or not is up to you... -Chad
[twitter-dev] Re: New app: twivert.com
On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 11:02 AM, Vignesh wrote: > > I have just finished creating a new app URL: http://www.twivert.com > It is a ad network for twitter.com. > I have used the twitter API for python > I have used blueprint css for style , jquery for javascript. If anyone > is interested please visit the site and post your comments... > When did this dev list become a self-promotion list? Can we knock this garbage off already? I get enough spam ON Twitter these days, I don't need it coming into my inbox via the dev list. Thanks- - Andy Badera - and...@badera.us - Google me: http://www.google.com/search?q=andrew+badera - This email is: [ ] bloggable [x] ask first [ ] private
