I have to say I'm slightly disappointed about the comments on my other article: most seem goal-oriented towards what I described was the least problematic issue (the JS prevalence thingy). But not enough focus on the real issue: the half-hearted self-promoting content.
I opened 5 articles at random since yesterday, and I think yours might be the only one that is not a blatant half-assed attempt at making me click on your company's youtube videos, and is not promoting anything. It's disheartening, really.
The problem is not outright spam, because spam is easy to filter. The problem is half-assed half-hidden promotional content.
Yeah you really pinpointed something that has stood out to me: the way Forem kind of buries 'old' stories. This means there's always room for a new 'basic guide to github' no matter how great the one from last year was.
It is beyond the scope of my skills to know how to really address this. I want to log on to DEV and see new stories! And I don't want the top-voted thing from 2018 to always be on the home page.
I suspect that some feature and display tweaks will keep happening, and we might see some new views in the next year to address this.
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Thank you for the quote.
I have to say I'm slightly disappointed about the comments on my other article: most seem goal-oriented towards what I described was the least problematic issue (the JS prevalence thingy). But not enough focus on the real issue: the half-hearted self-promoting content.
I opened 5 articles at random since yesterday, and I think yours might be the only one that is not a blatant half-assed attempt at making me click on your company's youtube videos, and is not promoting anything. It's disheartening, really.
The problem is not outright spam, because spam is easy to filter. The problem is half-assed half-hidden promotional content.
Yeah you really pinpointed something that has stood out to me: the way Forem kind of buries 'old' stories. This means there's always room for a new 'basic guide to github' no matter how great the one from last year was.
It is beyond the scope of my skills to know how to really address this. I want to log on to DEV and see new stories! And I don't want the top-voted thing from 2018 to always be on the home page.
I suspect that some feature and display tweaks will keep happening, and we might see some new views in the next year to address this.