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Re: Perl articles section

by vladb (Vicar)
on Apr 12, 2002 at 00:26 UTC ( [id://158450]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Perl articles section

You are right. Many a times posting Perl news articles that are accessible on numerous other perl/technology sites is (sometimes rightly so) considered as xp whoring. Unless there's an exceptionally good article that has significant bearing on daily activities of the monastery dwellers, I see no reason for duplicating an article here or making up a node containing nothing more than a link in it, occasionally accompanied by a few words.

To me it seems like there's no real need in doing so, cjf. Why would we want duplicate content when most likely many of monks here would still notice and read the article some place else? What I don't like, sometimes, is when monks borrow articles from slashdot submissions (or other sites) and post them here, in hopes of... err... getting extra xps, for instance. Simply no need. If i'm a perl hacker, odds are overwhelming that I would have seen the article once or twice before noticing it on perlmonks.

In any event, this is only my personal opinion ;).

"There is no system but GNU, and Linux is one of its kernels." -- Confession of Faith

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Re: Re: Perl articles section
by tjh (Curate) on Apr 12, 2002 at 14:45 UTC
    I tend to disagree, maybe strongly.

    I often don't have time to track or scan all the sites I want to, or used to, so many times I will miss an interesting article. More and more, I spend more time on PM, and the occasional recommendation or link by another Monk is usually a welcome thing. I'm guessing that's true for many.

    Personally, I still read a huge amount of sites/mags weekly, subscribe to over 15 daily email newsletters, etc. and most days there's just noise, no meat. Often, I forward article links to many people in my address book. Others return the favor for me. So, seeing reading rec's is often a valuable resource.

    Separating the wheat from the chaff is increasingly difficult. Maybe it's just me, but I appreciate pointers from Monks. (Just random PR links would p**s me off though...)

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