Re: Can we improve things?

[Behdad Esfahbod <behdad behdad org>]

On Thu, 2007-09-13 at 11:27 +0200, Pascal Terjan wrote:
> On 9/13/07, Jeff Waugh <jdub perkypants org> wrote:
> > Planet GNOME is about the people moreso than the project. We talk about the
> > project *all the time*. The reason why I started Planet GNOME (and Planet!)
> > was to read about and better understand the *people*. That's why full feeds
> > are preferred over GNOME-specific tags, why we have hackergotchis (to put a
> > face to a name), and why this idea has been so influential around the FLOSS
> > community.
> 
> I like reading recipes from time to time, or knowing where people go
> on vacation or that they have posted their photos, as long as this is
> people I am interested in (meaning people working on some soft I know,
> or people I have already met IRL or on IRC).
> 
> I am more concerned about big posters, posting almost everyday some
> long text and for who I have never seen any GNOME related post, and
> who I never read anything from them except their blog on planet
> (should I really give names ?).
> 
> People complain about the number of posts everyday and the decreasing
> interest in reading the planet, I think that this is the main content
> issue.

Seriously, if it bothers you so much, get a personal RSS reader and
add/remove to your hearts content.

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