On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 9:42 AM, Andrea Pescetti <[email protected]>wrote:
> RGB ES wrote: > >> 2013/6/11 Rob Weir >> >>> On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 10:24 AM, Fernando Cassia wrote: >>> >>> On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 9:57 AM, Andre Fischer wrote: >>>> >>>>> It is sad that it has the usual misinformation: >>>>> >>>> > I was quite surprised to read it. At least, if a journalist had to pick a > recent blog post from the OpenOffice blog, the one about release schedules > is definitely less interesting than other recent ones... > > > You should find the email of the publication's news editor and write a >>>> polite yet firm complaint >>>> >>> > Or just post a comment. Andre, did you try doing so? Maybe they will > rectify some clear factual errors in the article. I strongly recommend that > you post your comments there and not only here on the list. > > > So the best strategy is to ignore the the FUD and push accurate and >>> useful information onto our website. That approach reaches more >>> users, and is under our control. >>> >> +1. Talking about sites like El Reg means promoting them, and promotion >> means more weight on search engines for those lies >> > +1, yes, it's untrue and insulting but our actions DO speak louder than these words. > > Note that the highly visible site is http://www.openoffice.org and not > the blog; the site is linked to the blog only through a link that is at the > bottom of the page and, moreover, is hidden under a JavaScript layer. > > So something that we should do immediately is to create a simple block > with the titles of our latest three blog posts (from the official blog) and > put it on the homepage. And keep it updated manually, at least when it's > worth doing so. > A good idea! I too feel the blogs are a bit too submerged. Let's see what we can come up with for this. > > That will give more visibility to the blog articles, for both users and > journalists. Both categories are important. And some journalists will > hopefully share my (personal, but probably not so personal) taste on which > are the posts to be featured! > > Regards, > Andrea. > > > ------------------------------**------------------------------**--------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > dev-unsubscribe@openoffice.**apache.org<[email protected]> > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MzK "You can't believe one thing and do another. What you believe and what you do are the same thing." -- Leonard Peltier
