| Re: Sharetext [message #177402 is a reply to message #177398] |
Sat, 24 March 2012 22:29   |
Thomas 'PointedEars'
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matrobriva wrote:
> Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:
>> [Posted & mailed]
>> matrobriva wrote in comp.lang.php:
>>> [Sharetext at http://[…].altervista.org]
>>
>> Neither your From header field value or signature (both of which are
>> lacking a real name, so your credentials could be checked), the server
>> you use to post to Usenet (which is notorious for all kinds of network
>> abuse), or the domain name it is available at does instill confidence
>> that this is anything but a scam, that the URL you posted is worth using
>> and there is no potentially harmful content there.
>>
>> Besides, your approach appears to be lacking proper research and a
>> business case. There are several such services established already, so
>> why support or use yours instead? I think there is enough text in your
>> posting to raise suspicion, and too little information to convince
>> anyone. It is certainly insufficient to convince me, and I am a strong
>> supporter of Free Software. But you go about this the wrong way.
>
> Hello Thomas.
Hello. Here is public Network News; private e-mail is elsewhere. You
should learn to make the distinction.
> I'm sorry you could not verify my identity.
> Generally I use the server news.linuxfan.net, where I am registered
> with my name, this morning I mistakenly posted
> the message with aioe.
You are using another server now (which shows promise despite the
unnecessary full quote that you posted), but I can still see no real name
anywhere.
If you want people to trust you, you will have to earn that trust first.
Basic politeness, which includes introducing yourself with your real name is
certainly a step in that direction.
> If you do a search on my e-mail on a search engine
> and then translate the results from Italian,
You cannot be serious.
> you can easily understand that I'm not spammer and that Sharetext is a
> project of mine.
I can see that I did not make myself clear enough; the message obviously did
not get through to you.
I did not write "spam"; I wrote _scam_, as in "fraud". In a non-commercial
project, and especially in a Free Software project, you do not ask for
people's CVs in advance, and you do not use suspicious domains. You would
set up a public repository at an established well-known domain, like
sourceforge.net or github.com (which provide their services for free),
publish the URL of the repository and give the people who request it (the
equivalent of) write access. Then you would judge people primarily by their
contributions, not their history.
If any personal history would be relevant, it would be the community
projects they have been working on, which, if important enough, would easily
show up in a web/repository search. And, coming full circle here, this is
also why *your* real name is important.
A showcase on how to start a successful Free Software project with a posting
on Usenet certainly is the Linux kernel. Go search it.
> I didn't found online services that offer the same services that offer
> Sharetext.
Sorry, but you will have to do your homework on your own.
> Greetings and sorry for my English (i think this is the most important
> problem).
Yes, English is the /lingua franca/ of software development and of the Free
Software community. Problems expressing yourself in it (not: being perfect
in it) are certainly a disadvantage when addressing and writing for that
global community.
HTH
PointedEars
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