From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.0 required=3.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00 shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from localhost (dcvr.yhbt.net [127.0.0.1]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD7FC1F461 for ; Wed, 15 May 2019 09:04:13 +0000 (UTC) From: Eric Wong To: meta@public-inbox.org Subject: [PATCH] doc: add marketing guide Date: Wed, 15 May 2019 09:04:13 +0000 Message-Id: <20190515090413.31716-1-e@80x24.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit List-Id: Preventative measures; since marketing is almost always annoying to me. And trying to avoid unintended consequences. --- Documentation/include.mk | 1 + Documentation/marketing.txt | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ MANIFEST | 1 + 3 files changed, 29 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Documentation/marketing.txt diff --git a/Documentation/include.mk b/Documentation/include.mk index 2a02611..6415338 100644 --- a/Documentation/include.mk +++ b/Documentation/include.mk @@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ RSYNC = rsync RSYNC_DEST = public-inbox.org:/srv/public-inbox/ txt := INSTALL README COPYING TODO HACKING dtxt := design_notes.txt design_www.txt dc-dlvr-spam-flow.txt hosted.txt +dtxt += marketing.txt dtxt += standards.txt dtxt := $(addprefix Documentation/, $(dtxt)) docs := $(txt) $(dtxt) diff --git a/Documentation/marketing.txt b/Documentation/marketing.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..385e517 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/marketing.txt @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ +marketing guide for public-inbox + +TL; DR: Don't market this. + +If you must: don't be pushy and annoying about it. Slow down. +Please no superlatives, hype or BS. + +It's online and public, so it already markets itself. +Being informative is not a bad thing, being insistent is. + +Chances are, you're preaching to the choir; or the folks you're +trying to convince are not ready for everything our project +represents to the resistance against centralization. + +Baby steps... + +There's never a need for anybody to migrate to using our +software, or to use any particular instance of it. It's +designed to coexist with other mail archives, especially +other installations of public-inbox. + +Most importantly, we take victories even when our software +doesn't get adopted. Freedom from lock-in is more important +than the adoption of any software. + +Every time somebody recognizes and rejects various forms of +lock-in and centralization is already a victory for us. diff --git a/MANIFEST b/MANIFEST index 1da40a9..2c356c6 100644 --- a/MANIFEST +++ b/MANIFEST @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ Documentation/design_notes.txt Documentation/design_www.txt Documentation/hosted.txt Documentation/include.mk +Documentation/marketing.txt Documentation/public-inbox-compact.pod Documentation/public-inbox-config.pod Documentation/public-inbox-convert.pod -- EW