On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 12:45 PM, Rob Weir <[email protected]> wrote:
> > I think just ignore it. Why help promote El Reg? > > Look at the numbers: You're right that devs shouldn't lose any sleep over what a news site says. However as someone who has been on the other side of the counter and knows how the relationship between a news editor and a writer works, let me tell you that letters to the editor are NOT ignored, and a news Ed hates when people tell him one of his writers has done a poor job. Case in point: a story about JVM languagues at another publication had completely the now open source and formerly IBM's JVM language NetRexx. They wrote to the publication until the site gave one of them the chance to gave "their side of the story", and a news story about the Netrexx rebirth was published. Ok, that wasnt ElReg, but still, sometimes complaining works, specially if a reader puts into question the publication's fairness and tells the News Ed one of his employees doesnt know what he is talking (or writing) about. I fail to see how sending a complaint e-mail **as a reader** helps "promote" any given site, specially if the complaints are written individually and not speaking on behalf of a group or organization. Just my $0.02 FC -- During times of Universal Deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act - George Orwell
