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List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:322469 Archived-At: > Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2024 at 11:09 AM > From: "Drew Adams" > To: "Dr=2E Arne Babenhauserheide" > Cc: "Christopher Dimech" , "Jeremy Bryant" , "Eli Zaretskii" , "emacs-devel@gnu=2Eorg" , "rms@gnu=2Eorg" > Subject: RE: [External] : Emacs website, Lisp, and other > > > Drew Adams writes: > > > language / hyperbole, IMO that description is not > > > only too subdued > >=20 > > I=E2=80=99ll add that being subdued about strength can actually be har= mful=2E > >=20 > > While false marketing is a problem, not doing marketing and not pointi= ng > > out the strengths of your project causes people to use systems that ar= e > > less suited to their requirements than your project=2E > >=20 > > Because other people will use marketing=2E And marketing works=2E > >=20 > > But marketing can be honest=2E Its goal is then to ensure that the peo= ple > > to whom your project would be useful learn about the project=2E=C2=B9 > >=20 > > =E2=87=92 Good marketing starts with the existing strengths of a proje= ct and > > finds people to whom these strengths are useful=2E > >=20 > > This also means to use language that conveys enthusiasm=2E > >=20 > > If you are silent about actual strength of your project, many people t= o > > whom choosing your project would be the best decision will not find yo= ur > > project when they are in a situation where they can choose it=2E > >=20 > > So the Emacs website and documentation should not sell elisp short=2E >=20 > "marketing", "marketing", "marketing", > "marketing", "marketing", "marketing"=2E >=20 > FWIW, a description, accurate or inaccurate, isn't > necessarily marketing=2E We're not selling Emacs or > Elisp=2E There's no market involved=2E >=20 > (Generations deranged by invasive commodification=2E=2E=2E) >=20 Because marketing today makes extensive use of social sciences, psychology= ,=20 sociology, mathematics, economics, anthropology and neuroscience, the prof= ession is now widely recognized as a scam=2E The same applies to areas such as H= uman Resources=2E