{"id":1368,"date":"2010-11-10T10:41:38","date_gmt":"2010-11-10T15:41:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/2d823b65bb.nxcli.io\/?p=1368"},"modified":"2010-11-10T10:43:13","modified_gmt":"2010-11-10T15:43:13","slug":"invitation-join-the-openstandards-sub-reddit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robweir.com\/blog\/2010\/11\/invitation-join-the-openstandards-sub-reddit.html","title":{"rendered":"Invitation: Join the “openstandards” sub-reddit"},"content":{"rendered":"

For a couple of years I’ve been trying to find a good way to share and discuss news, articles, blog posts, etc., about open standards. I’m not very pleased with the results.<\/p>\n

I’ve tried putting out weekly links<\/a> of relevant articles on my blog.\u00a0 Although this is semi-automated, it is severely limited, since only has links that I know about.\u00a0 But I know that my readers, collectively, know far more.<\/p>\n

I’ve tried a “planet” aggregator of stories related to ODF, from blogs, new articles and Twitter.\u00a0 However, the signal\/noise ratio for Planet ODF<\/a> is rather low.\u00a0 There are limits to what can be easily collected by regular expression searches, and “ODF” is a particular hard one, since along with meaning Open Document Format, it also means Organ Donation Foundation, Oregon Department of Forestry, Open Defecation Free, and Ordem da F\u00e9nix (the name of a Harry Potter novel, in Portuguese).\u00a0 I’ve supplemented the logic with custom rules to, for example, reject content that mentioned both ODF and “brush fires”, but that is a fragile approach.\u00a0 Short of applying Bayesian learning techniques or NLP, I don’t think this dog will hunt.<\/p>\n

Now, I suppose I could just give up and go over to TalkStandards.com and be instructed on open standards by the European counsel for the Business Software Alliance and read commentary by other members of the Microsoft claque<\/em>.\u00a0 But if you know me, you know that won’t happen.<\/p>\n

So, I’m trying something new, a “sub-reddit” dedicated to sharing and discussing links related to open standards.\u00a0 This includes areas touching on open standards from the policy, adoption, economic and legal angles, as well as news reports, technical discussions, etc.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/openstandards\/<\/a><\/p>\n

I assume most of you are familiar with reddit<\/a>.\u00a0 It is a social-bookmarking service where you share links and can have a threaded discussion for each link as well as vote each link up or down.\u00a0 Anyone can post links.\u00a0 Anyone can vote links up or down.\u00a0 Anyone can comment on links.\u00a0 With sufficient participation the most interesting links and discussions rise to the top.\u00a0 However, if you are new to reddit, I’d recommend that you:<\/p>\n

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  1. Go to the reddit<\/a> page and register for a free account.<\/li>\n
  2. Go to the openstandards<\/a> sub-reddit and click the “+frontpage” link to add this sub-reddit to your reddit front page.<\/li>\n
  3. Install a bookmarklet<\/a> to make it easier to submit new links.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    So please take a look and share a few of your favorite links.\u00a0 They could be new stories or old favorites that you think are worth another look.\u00a0 These could be your own original content or links to good content from elsewhere.\u00a0 I’ve seeded it with a few articles that have caught my eye in recent days.\u00a0 I’m hoping this approach will give us something with a higher signal\/noise ratio that is also more timely, open and interactive.\u00a0 Enjoy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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