I don't know how Slashdot works.  Is it possible that the stories were
rejected because basically the same thing came up 5 times in rapid
succession, or is that an ok thing to do?

On 9/30/07, CHRIS CUNNINGTON <cunnington at sympatico.ca> wrote:
> Dear Squeakers,
>
> I'm writing this to follow up our recent effort to get Squeak By Example
> Slashdotted. Unless somebody has evidence to the contrary, I think our
> effort to get Slashdotted is -- for now -- at an end. I made the PR Team
> request on Wednesday. At least five people did submit the story to Slashdot.
> The status of my submission was 'pending' for two days, until Friday. Then
> it was rejected. I'm assuming that the others have also been rejected.
>
> My impression of this is that the editors did not know what to do with the
> story and so left it in the Firehose section to see what kind of reaction
> the story had on the Slashdot forums. There was not a great deal of forum
> activity for the story, and so I think they took that as an indication that
> they could pass the story over.
>
> That's OK. One Slashdoting does not a new future for Squeak make. What I
> think is most important here is how positive and willing the Squeak
> community was to take this idea seriously. Nobody thought trying to get
> Slashdotted was a waste of time. It is my impression that people in the
> Squeak community are ready for a higher profile. If the community starts to
> think in this way, and this is something that Squeakers want, then we can
> make it happen over time.
>
> Chris Cunnington
> PR Team leader
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