On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 6:44 AM, Fernando Cassia <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. >
Good points. I have no objections if someone wants to try. -Rob > Just my $0.02 > FC > > -- > During times of Universal Deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary > act > - George Orwell --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
