On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 2:23 PM, Chad Etzel <jazzyc...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 2:12 PM, Andrew Badera<and...@badera.us> wrote: > > I'm pretty sure it's been stated in the past that this is not the place > to > > advertise your apps. Maybe I'm recalling incorrectly. > > I don't remember that at all... if you can find it in the archives > then I'll shut up about it. > > I personally like seeing new app announcements here b/c it means one > less place I have to monitor, and I like seeing what new/innovative > things are being built. It's also a good way to hear about potential > competition or see that someone has done an idea that you might have > had, but now don't have to waste your time building it. > > I think this is a very appropriate place for those emails. Devs work > hard to build stuff; we should be able to tell other devs about our > work when it's ready :) > > You can create a filter to auto-delete "new app" emails if you hate > them that much. > > Anyone else feel strongly one way or the other? > > -Chad > Most reasonably professional lists have a policy of no self promotion unless you're tactfully answering someone else's question. Let's have a simple, separate app announcement list if you really need to be emailed about that, but let's keep the dev list on-topic and on-task. Some of us are here for the tech, not for the shiny stuff.
