Hi, Richard I think that there is possibility to create a more constructive conversation while promoting Pharo. Ben Coman has give his balanced view pairing constructive criticism with advice, Sven and Andrew have given some post examples, written by them, that help to give better coverage to Smalltalk and Pharo, while providing technical or factual accuracy. I don't think this needs to be a fight over style. Having a community that reads and criticize you is important and while you can keep your style and work, you could also see if some of those critics and advice can help you to improve as a writer. I'm not a native English speaker and having constant Ben's advice, proof reading and encouragement, for example, has been pretty worthy. I try to improve from the feedback I get from this (generally) supportive community.
What is the point of writing, reading and talking then, if we're not willing to change? Cheers, Offray On 18/11/17 13:38, horrido wrote: > Yes, I've even cited your excellent "Elegant Pharo Code" article on several > occasions. Okay, perhaps I'm wrong about the number of pageviews. > > Nevertheless, prior to my campaign, hardly anyone talked about Smalltalk. > That was my essential point. > > By the way, I am gratified that at Medium, I have nearly 1,900 followers. I > realize that's not a huge number, since many other Medium authors have tens > of thousands of followers, but it's far above the average. That means I have > considerable reach. > > I can get people talking! And that's not a bad thing. Let's keep the > conversation going... > > > > Sven Van Caekenberghe-2 wrote >>> On 18 Nov 2017, at 18:19, horrido < >> horrido.hobbies@ >> > wrote: >>> Can anyone show me one technical article in the past 20 years that has >>> garnered more than 10,000 pageviews? I've published eight such articles >>> in >>> the past 3 years! >> Views or reads ? >> >> Popularity is not necessarily an indication of quality, but yes, it is >> possible to reach such numbers by writing technical articles. Here are the >> current stats of 3 of my articles on Medium: >> >> >> >> I do not know what marketing to programmers means, or if it is really >> possible. In my opinion the best we can do is to clearly and accurately >> describe how things are, why we use and like Pharo, and hope people are >> interested enough to explore further on their own. And to build an >> excellent system, of course. >> >> Sven >> >> -- >> Sven Van Caekenberghe >> Proudly supporting Pharo >> http://pharo.org >> http://association.pharo.org >> http://consortium.pharo.org >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Screen Shot 2017-11-18 at 18.40.55.png (57K) >> <http://forum.world.st/attachment/5029420/0/Screen%20Shot%202017-11-18%20at%2018.40.55.png> > > > > > -- > Sent from: http://forum.world.st/Pharo-Smalltalk-Users-f1310670.html > >
