http://simonwillison.net/2025-07-07T19:27:51+00:00Simon Willison2025-07-07T19:27:51+00:002025-07-07T19:27:51+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jul/7/aphyr/#atom-tag

<blockquote cite="https://aphyr.com/posts/389-the-future-of-forums-is-lies-i-guess"><p>I strongly suspect that Market Research Future, or a subcontractor, is conducting an automated spam campaign which uses a Large Language Model to evaluate a Mastodon instance, submit a plausible application for an account, and to post slop which links to Market Research Future reports. [...]</p> <p><strong>I don’t know how to run a community forum in this future</strong>. I do not have the time or emotional energy to screen out regular attacks by Large Language Models, with the knowledge that making the wrong decision costs a real human being their connection to a niche community.</p></blockquote> <p class="cite">&mdash; <a href="https://aphyr.com/posts/389-the-future-of-forums-is-lies-i-guess">Kyle Kingsbury</a>, The Future of Forums is Lies, I Guess</p> <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/community">community</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/moderation">moderation</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/spam">spam</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/ai">ai</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/generative-ai">generative-ai</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/mastodon">mastodon</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/llms">llms</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/slop">slop</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/ai-ethics">ai-ethics</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/ai-misuse">ai-misuse</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/kyle-kingsbury">kyle-kingsbury</a></p>

2025-01-30T21:45:57+00:002025-01-30T21:45:57+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jan/30/datasette-public-office-hours/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="https://discord.gg/Pb5dRA8RTa?event=1329974203805601832">Datasette Public Office Hours 31st Jan at 2pm Pacific</a></strong></p> We're running another <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/datasette-public-office-hours/">Datasette Public Office Hours</a> session on Friday 31st January at 2pm Pacific (<a href="https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html?iso=20250131T220000&amp;p1=224&amp;p2=75&amp;p3=2485&amp;p4=179&amp;p5=136">more timezones here</a>). We'll be featuring demos from the community again - take a look at the videos <a href="https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jan/22/office-hours-demos/">of the six demos</a> from our last session for an idea of what to expect.</p> <p><img alt="" src="https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2025/public-office-hours-31-jan.jpg" /></p> <p>If you have something you would like to show, please <a href="https://forms.gle/1k5i8Ku9DeoyN7EN9">drop us a line</a>! We still have room for a few more demos. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/community">community</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/datasette">datasette</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/discord">discord</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/datasette-public-office-hours">datasette-public-office-hours</a></p>

2025-01-22T02:09:54+00:002025-01-22T02:09:54+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jan/22/office-hours-demos/#atom-tag

<p>Last Friday Alex Garcia and I hosted a new kind of Datasette Public Office Hours session, inviting members of the Datasette community to share short demos of projects that they had built. The session lasted just over an hour and featured demos from six different people.</p> <p>We broadcast live on YouTube, but I've now edited the session into separate videos. These are listed below, along with project summaries and show notes for each presentation.</p> <p>You can also watch all six videos in <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSocEbMlNGotyeonEbgFP1_uf9gk1z7zm">this YouTube playlist</a>.</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jan/22/office-hours-demos/#llm-logs-feedback-by-matthias-l-bken">llm-logs-feedback by Matthias Lübken</a></li> <li><a href="https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jan/22/office-hours-demos/#llm-model-gateway-and-llm-consortium-by-thomas-hughes">llm-model-gateway and llm-consortium by Thomas Hughes</a></li> <li><a href="https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jan/22/office-hours-demos/#congressional-travel-explorer-with-derek-willis">Congressional Travel Explorer with Derek Willis</a></li> <li><a href="https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jan/22/office-hours-demos/#llm-questioncache-with-nat-knight">llm-questioncache with Nat Knight</a></li> <li><a href="https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jan/22/office-hours-demos/#improvements-to-datasette-enrichments-with-simon-willison">Improvements to Datasette Enrichments with Simon Willison</a></li> <li><a href="https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jan/22/office-hours-demos/#datasette-comments-pins-and-write-ui-with-alex-garcia">Datasette comments, pins and write UI with Alex Garcia</a></li> </ul> <h4 id="llm-logs-feedback-by-matthias-l-bken">llm-logs-feedback by Matthias Lübken</h4> <p><lite-youtube videoid="9pEP6auZmvg" title="llm-logs-feedback by Matthias Lübken" playlabel="Play: llm-logs-feedback by Matthias Lübken" > </lite-youtube></p> <p><a href="https://github.com/luebken/llm-logs-feedback">llm-logs-feedback</a> is a plugin by Matthias Lübken for <a href="https://llm.datasette.io/">LLM</a> which adds the ability to store feedback on prompt responses, using new <code>llm feedback+1</code> and <code>llm feedback-1</code> commands. These also accept an optional comment, and the feedback is stored in a <code>feedback</code> table in SQLite.</p> <p>You can install the plugin from PyPI like this:</p> <div class="highlight highlight-source-shell"><pre>llm install llm-logs-feedback</pre></div> <p>The full plugin implementation is in the <a href="https://github.com/luebken/llm-logs-feedback/blob/main/llm_logs_feedback.py">llm_logs_feedback.py file</a> in Matthias' GitHub repository.</p> <h4 id="llm-model-gateway-and-llm-consortium-by-thomas-hughes">llm-model-gateway and llm-consortium by Thomas Hughes</h4> <p><lite-youtube videoid="Th5WOyjuRdk" title="llm-model-gateway and llm-consortium by Thomas Hughes" playlabel="Play: llm-model-gateway and llm-consortium by Thomas Hughes" > </lite-youtube></p> <p>Tommy Hughes has been developing a whole array of LLM plugins, including his <a href="https://github.com/irthomasthomas/llm-plugin-generator">llm-plugin-generator</a> which is a plugin that can help write new plugins!</p> <p>He started by demonstrating <a href="https://github.com/irthomasthomas/llm-model-gateway">llm-model-gateway</a>, a plugin that adds a <code>llm serve</code> command which starts a localhost server running an imitation of the OpenAI API against LLM models:</p> <div class="highlight highlight-source-shell"><pre>llm install llm-model-gateway llm serve</pre></div> <p>Tommy's main demo was of <a href="https://github.com/irthomasthomas/llm-consortium">llm-consortium</a>, a plugin which can use a consortium of collaborating LLM models working together to solve problems.</p> <div class="highlight highlight-source-shell"><pre>llm install llm-consortium llm consortium <span class="pl-s"><span class="pl-pds">"</span>Best way to prepare avocado toast<span class="pl-pds">"</span></span> \ --models claude-3.5-sonnet \ --models gpt-4o \ --arbiter gegemini-1.5-pro-latest \ --confidence-threshold 0.8 \ --max-iterations 3 \ --output results.json</pre></div> <p>I ran this and got back:</p> <blockquote> <p>The best way to prepare avocado toast involves selecting quality ingredients and careful preparation. Start with a thick slice of good quality bread, such as sourdough or whole grain. Toast it to your preferred level of crispness. While the bread is toasting, prepare a ripe avocado. Cut it in half, remove the pit, and scoop the flesh into a bowl. Mash the avocado with a fork, leaving some chunks for texture. Season with salt, black pepper, and a squeeze of fresh lemon juice to prevent browning. Optional additions include a touch of red pepper flakes.</p> <p>Once the toast is ready, let it cool slightly before spreading the seasoned avocado evenly over it. Consider lightly rubbing a cut garlic clove on the warm toast for an extra layer of flavor (optional).</p> <p>Enhance your avocado toast with your favorite toppings. Popular choices include: everything bagel seasoning, sliced tomatoes, radishes, a poached or fried egg (for added protein), microgreens, smoked salmon (for a more savory option), feta cheese crumbles, or a drizzle of hot sauce. For a finishing touch, drizzle with high-quality olive oil and sprinkle with sesame or chia seeds for added texture.</p> <p>Consider dietary needs when choosing toppings. For example, those following a low-carb diet might skip the tomatoes and opt for more protein and healthy fats.</p> <p>Finally, pay attention to presentation. Arrange the toppings neatly for a visually appealing toast. Serve immediately to enjoy the fresh flavors and crispy toast.</p> </blockquote> <p>But the really interesting thing is the full log of the prompts and responses sent to Claude 3.5 Sonnet and GPT-4o, followed by a combined prompt to Gemini 1.5 Pro to have it arbitrate between the two responses. You can see <a href="https://gist.github.com/simonw/425f42f8ec1a963ae13c5b57ba580f56">the full logged prompts and responses here</a>. Here's that <a href="https://gist.github.com/simonw/e82370f0e5986a15823c82200c1b77f8">results.json</a> output file.</p> <h4 id="congressional-travel-explorer-with-derek-willis">Congressional Travel Explorer with Derek Willis</h4> <p><lite-youtube videoid="CDilLbFP1DY" title="Congressional Travel Explorer with Derek Willis" playlabel="Play: Congressional Travel Explorer with Derek Willis" > </lite-youtube></p> <p>Derek Willis teaches data journalism at the Philip Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland. For a recent project his students built a <a href="https://cnsmaryland.org/interactives/fall-2024/congressional_travel_explorer/index.html">Congressional Travel Explorer</a> interactive using Datasette, AWS Extract and Claude 3.5 Sonnet to analyze travel disclosures from members of Congress.</p> <p>One of the outcomes from the project was this story in Politico: <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2024/10/30/israel-aipac-funded-congress-travel-00185167">Members of Congress have taken hundreds of AIPAC-funded trips to Israel in the past decade</a>.</p> <h4 id="llm-questioncache-with-nat-knight">llm-questioncache with Nat Knight</h4> <p><lite-youtube videoid="lXwfEYXjsak" title="llm-questioncache with Nat Knight" playlabel="Play: llm-questioncache with Nat Knight" > </lite-youtube></p> <p><a href="https://github.com/nathanielknight/llm-questioncache">llm-questioncache</a> builds on top of <a href="https://llm.datasette.io/">https://llm.datasette.io/</a> to cache answers to questions, using embeddings to return similar answers if they have already been stored.</p> <p>Using embeddings for de-duplication of similar questions is an interesting way to apply LLM's <a href="https://llm.datasette.io/en/stable/embeddings/python-api.html">embeddings feature</a>.</p> <h4 id="improvements-to-datasette-enrichments-with-simon-willison">Improvements to Datasette Enrichments with Simon Willison</h4> <p><lite-youtube videoid="GumAgaYpda0" title="Improvements to Datasette Enrichments with Simon Willison" playlabel="Play: Improvements to Datasette Enrichments with Simon Willison" > </lite-youtube></p> <p>I've demonstrated improvements I've been making to Datasette's <a href="https://enrichments.datasette.io/">Enrichments</a> system over the past few weeks.</p> <p>Enrichments allow you to apply an operation - such as geocoding, a QuickJS JavaScript transformation or an LLM prompt - against selected rows within a table.</p> <p>The latest release of <a href="https://github.com/datasette/datasette-enrichments/releases/tag/0.5">datasette-enrichments</a> adds visible progress bars and the ability to pause, resume and cancel an enrichment job that is running against a table.</p> <h4 id="datasette-comments-pins-and-write-ui-with-alex-garcia">Datasette comments, pins and write UI with Alex Garcia</h4> <p><lite-youtube videoid="i0u4N6g15Zg" title="Datasette comments, pins and write UI with Alex Garcia" playlabel="Play: Datasette comments, pins and write UI with Alex Garcia" > </lite-youtube></p> <p>We finished with three plugin demos from Alex, showcasing collaborative features we have been developing for <a href="https://www.datasette.cloud/">Datasette Cloud</a>:</p> <ul> <li> <a href="https://github.com/datasette/datasette-write-ui">datasette-write-ui</a> provides tools for editing and adding data to Datasette tables. A new feature here is the ability to shift-click a row to open the editing interface for that row.</li> <li> <a href="https://github.com/datasette/datasette-pins">datasette-pins</a> allows users to pin tables and databases to their Datasette home page, making them easier to find.</li> <li> <a href="https://github.com/datasette/datasette-comments">datasette-comments</a> adds a commenting interface to Datasette, allowing users to leave comments on individual rows in a table.</li> </ul> <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/community">community</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/data-journalism">data-journalism</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/demos">demos</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/derek-willis">derek-willis</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/youtube">youtube</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/ai">ai</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/datasette">datasette</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/alex-garcia">alex-garcia</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/generative-ai">generative-ai</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/llms">llms</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/llm">llm</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/enrichments">enrichments</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/datasette-public-office-hours">datasette-public-office-hours</a></p>

2024-11-09T06:59:02+00:002024-11-09T06:59:02+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2024/Nov/9/fastai-discord-server/#atom-tag

<blockquote cite="https://twitter.com/jeremyphoward/status/1855093111929946582"><p>This is a very friendly and supportive place where you are surrounded by peers - we all want to help each other succeed. The golden rule of this server is:</p> <p><strong>Don't</strong> ever try to impress anyone here with your knowledge! Instead try to impress folks here with your <em>desire to learn</em>, and <em>desire to help others learn</em>.</p></blockquote> <p class="cite">&mdash; <a href="https://twitter.com/jeremyphoward/status/1855093111929946582">fast.ai Discord Server</a></p> <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/community">community</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/fastai">fastai</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/discord">discord</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/jeremy-howard">jeremy-howard</a></p>

2020-06-06T17:36:40+00:002020-06-06T17:36:40+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2020/Jun/6/hacker-news-undocumented/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented/blob/master/README.md">A List of Hacker News&#x27;s Undocumented Features and Behaviors</a></strong></p> If you’re interested in community software design this is a neat insight into the many undocumented features of Hacker News, collated by Max Woolf. <p><small></small>Via <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23439437">Hacker News</a></small></p> <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/community">community</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/hacker-news">hacker-news</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/max-woolf">max-woolf</a></p>

2020-01-08T16:11:14+00:002020-01-08T16:11:14+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2020/Jan/8/richard-lowtax-kyanka/#atom-tag

<blockquote cite="https://www.vice.com/amp/en_us/article/qjd8dv/something-awfuls-notorious-fuck-you-and-die-forum-shuts-down-because-of-nazis"><p>I’ve found, in my 20 years of running the site, that whenever you ban an ironic Nazi, suddenly they become actual Nazis</p></blockquote> <p class="cite">&mdash; <a href="https://www.vice.com/amp/en_us/article/qjd8dv/something-awfuls-notorious-fuck-you-and-die-forum-shuts-down-because-of-nazis">Richard “Lowtax” Kyanka</a></p> <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/community">community</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/moderation">moderation</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/somethingawful">somethingawful</a></p>

2019-08-05T15:59:21+00:002019-08-05T15:59:21+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2019/Aug/5/aja-hammerly/#atom-tag

<blockquote cite="http://www.thagomizer.com/blog/2017/09/29/we-don-t-do-that-here.html"><p>This is when I pull out “we don’t do that here.” It is a conversation ender. If you are the newcomer and someone who has been around a long time says “we don’t do that here”, it is hard to argue. This sentence doesn’t push my morality on anyone. If they want to do whatever it is elsewhere, I’m not telling them not to. I’m just cluing them into the local culture and values.</p></blockquote> <p class="cite">&mdash; <a href="http://www.thagomizer.com/blog/2017/09/29/we-don-t-do-that-here.html">Aja Hammerly</a></p> <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/communication">communication</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/community">community</a></p>

2019-04-21T16:36:25+00:002019-04-21T16:36:25+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2019/Apr/21/alex-stamos/#atom-tag

<blockquote cite="https://twitter.com/alexstamos/status/1119998706898444288"><p>Lots of people calling for more aggressive moderation seem to imagine that if they yell enough the companies have a thoughtful, unbiased and nuance-understanding HAL 9000 they can deploy. It’s really more like the Censorship DMV.</p></blockquote> <p class="cite">&mdash; <a href="https://twitter.com/alexstamos/status/1119998706898444288">Alex Stamos</a></p> <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/community">community</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/moderation">moderation</a></p>

2011-05-09T17:00:00+00:002011-05-09T17:00:00+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2011/May/9/what-are-good-websites/#atom-tag

<p><em>My answer to <a href="https://www.quora.com/What-are-good-websites-to-post-online-content-about-an-event/answer/Simon-Willison">What are good websites to post online content about an event?</a> on Quora</em></p> <p>For posting slides from an event, <span><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/">http://www.slideshare.net/</a></span> is definitely the most popular. <span><a href="http://scribd.com/">http://scribd.com/</a></span> is a good choice too.</p> <p>For video, YouTube is a good option now that it has raised the length limit on videos. I've seen a lot of events use <span><a href="http://vimeo.com/">http://vimeo.com/</a></span> and <span><a href="http://blip.tv/">http://blip.tv/</a></span> for their video hosting.</p> <p>If you want to gather everything in one place, our site Lanyrd helps events link together media hosted on many different services. Here are a couple of examples of past events that we have content for:</p> <span><a href="http://lanyrd.com/2011/chicago-data-summit/">http://lanyrd.com/2011/chicago-d...</a></span><br /><span><a href="http://lanyrd.com/2011/bcg11/">http://lanyrd.com/2011/bcg11/</a></span><br /><span><a href="http://lanyrd.com/2010/atmedia/">http://lanyrd.com/2010/atmedia/</a></span> <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/community">community</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/events">events</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/social-networks">social-networks</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/startups">startups</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/quora">quora</a></p>

2010-10-26T15:15:00+00:002010-10-26T15:15:00+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2010/Oct/26/what-is-the-story/#atom-tag

<p><em>My answer to <a href="https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-story-of-Advogato/answer/Simon-Willison">What is the story of Advogato?</a> on Quora</em></p> <p>There's a Google Tech Talk about Advogato: <span><a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5092930485716426869">http://video.google.com/videopla...</a></span></p> <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/community">community</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/internet">internet</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/open-source">open-source</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/quora">quora</a></p>

2010-10-11T15:29:00+00:002010-10-11T15:29:00+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2010/Oct/11/is-the-90-9-1-rule/#atom-tag

<p><em>My answer to <a href="https://www.quora.com/Is-the-90-9-1-rule-of-user-participation-a-myth/answer/Simon-Willison">Is the 90-9-1 rule of user participation a myth?</a> on Quora</em></p> <p>Anecdotal evidence from crowdsourcing style projects I've worked on tend to support the basic principle (if not the exact ratios). The vast majority of the work on projects I have been involved with ends up being performed by a tiny subset of highly active users.</p> <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/community">community</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/internet">internet</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/startups">startups</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/quora">quora</a></p>

2010-10-11T11:01:00+00:002010-10-11T11:01:00+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2010/Oct/11/does-quora-have-the/#atom-tag

<p><em>My answer to <a href="https://www.quora.com/Does-Quora-have-the-same-problem-as-Stack-Overflow/answer/Simon-Willison">Does Quora have the same problem as Stack Overflow?</a> on Quora</em></p> <p>Quora isn't one community, it's thousands of separate communities - a community for each tag, and then a community for each user comprising their followers. As such, I think it will scale much better than the Stack Overflow community did, without needing to split out in to separate verticals.</p> <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/community">community</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/stackoverflow">stackoverflow</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/startups">startups</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/quora">quora</a></p>

2009-09-21T18:21:01+00:002009-09-21T18:21:01+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2009/Sep/21/djangodose/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://djangodose.com/blog/2009/09/welcome-django-dose/">Welcome to Django Dose</a></strong></p> Launched at DjangoCon, a new Django community site designed to be a successor to TWiD, still with (shorter) podcasts but also featuring more news, articles and screencasts. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/community">community</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/django">django</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/djangocon">djangocon</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/djangodose">djangodose</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/podcasts">podcasts</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/screencasts">screencasts</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/twid">twid</a></p>

2009-07-29T13:39:09+00:002009-07-29T13:39:09+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2009/Jul/29/4chan/#atom-tag

<blockquote cite="http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/011480.html"><p>4chan's /b/ forum, which gets called things like the Mos Eisley spaceport of the web when people are being polite, and the asshole of the internet when they aren't, is energetic, anarchic, barely moderated, crude, irresponsible, vindictive if crossed, peculiarly creative, and full of hackers. It inspires loyalty in its core users, and makes everyone else nervous.</p></blockquote> <p class="cite">&mdash; <a href="http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/011480.html">Teresa Nielsen Hayden</a></p> <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/4chan">4chan</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/community">community</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/teresa-nielsen-hayden">teresa-nielsen-hayden</a></p>

2009-02-25T23:16:29+00:002009-02-25T23:16:29+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2009/Feb/25/learned/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://www.paulgraham.com/hackernews.html">What I&#x27;ve Learned from Hacker News</a></strong></p> I’m always fascinated by online community war stories. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/community">community</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/hacker-news">hacker-news</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/paul-graham">paul-graham</a></p>

2008-07-28T00:44:04+00:002008-07-28T00:44:04+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2008/Jul/28/continuing/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://alex.dojotoolkit.org/?p=695">The Price of Anonymity: Our Principles?</a></strong></p> Alex Russell calls for a constructive step towards better gender balance in open source: make it clear that misogynistic, offensive and lewd behaviour will not be tolerated by open source communities and bake that policy in to community codes of conduct. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/alex-russell">alex-russell</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/community">community</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/misogynistic">misogynistic</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/open-source">open-source</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/women">women</a></p>

2008-06-28T23:46:11+00:002008-06-28T23:46:11+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2008/Jun/28/refactor/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://refactormycode.com/">RefactorMyCode.com</a></strong></p> Neat community for discussing improvements to code snippets. Login using OpenID. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/community">community</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/openid">openid</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/refactoring">refactoring</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/refactormycode">refactormycode</a></p>

2008-06-10T11:49:43+00:002008-06-10T11:49:43+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2008/Jun/10/reputation/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://developer.yahoo.com/ypatterns/parent.php?pattern=reputation">Reputation patterns in the Yahoo! Design Pattern Library</a></strong></p> Pragmatic advice from Yahoo! on encouraging community participation. <p><small></small>Via <a href="http://poorbuthappy.com/ease/archives/2008/06/10/4185/4185">Peter Van Dijck</a></small></p> <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/community">community</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/yahoo">yahoo</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/yahoo-pattern-library">yahoo-pattern-library</a></p>

2008-02-08T10:20:33+00:002008-02-08T10:20:33+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2008/Feb/8/django/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://djangosd.jottit.com/">Django San Diego</a></strong></p> A real-life meeting of Django developers in San Diego, as a direct result of profiles on djangopeople.net. Victory! <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/community">community</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/django">django</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/django-people">django-people</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/sandiego">sandiego</a></p>

2008-01-26T23:58:22+00:002008-01-26T23:58:22+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2008/Jan/26/linkherd/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://www.linkherd.com/django/">Linkherd - django</a></strong></p> Linkherd is a Django-powered startup that offers sub-reddit style functionality. I’ve set up a Django site there as well. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/community">community</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/django">django</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/linkherd">linkherd</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/python">python</a></p>

2008-01-26T23:56:52+00:002008-01-26T23:56:52+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2008/Jan/26/django/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://reddit.com/r/django">Django sub-reddit</a></strong></p> Reddit are trialling the ability to create custom sub-reddits, so I put one up for Django links and discussions. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/community">community</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/django">django</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/python">python</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/reddit">reddit</a></p>

2008-01-25T16:15:19+00:002008-01-25T16:15:19+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2008/Jan/25/symfonians/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://symfonians.net/">Symfonians</a></strong></p> Similar concept to Django People but for Symfony developers—coincidentally launched within the past week as well. <p><small></small>Via <a href="http://prendreuncafe.com/blog/post/2008/01/20/The-Symfonians-Project">The Symfonians Project</a></small></p> <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/community">community</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/django-people">django-people</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/php">php</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/symfony">symfony</a></p>

2008-01-25T00:40:48+00:002008-01-25T00:40:48+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2008/Jan/25/brazil/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://djangopeople.net/br/">Community sites on Django People</a></strong></p> Small new feature: I can now add community sites to individual country pages. If you know of any regional community sites that I’ve missed, let me know in a comment or by e-mail. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/brazil">brazil</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/community">community</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/django">django</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/django-people">django-people</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/python">python</a></p>

2008-01-23T02:00:58+00:002008-01-23T02:00:58+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2008/Jan/23/djangopeople/#atom-tag

<p>I'm constantly surprised by the number of people I run in to at conferences (or even in one case on the train) who are using <a href="http://www.djangoproject.com/">Django</a> but are completely invisible to the Django community. It seems that this is the downside of having good documentation: many people just read it and start building, without ever showing their face on the mailing lists or IRC.</p> <p>So, <a href="http://notes.natbat.net/">Natalie</a> and I have just launched <a href="http://djangopeople.net/">djangopeople.net</a> - a site that encourages Django developers to create a profile and stamp themselves on a map. Every country in the world gets its <a href="http://djangopeople.net/gb/">own page</a>, as does <a href="http://djangopeople.net/us/ks/">every US state</a> (for the moment; I may add other country's regional subdivisions in the future). The focus of the site is firmly on location, and I'm hoping to add features in the future that encourage people to get involved with local Django user groups and meet like-minded developers.</p> <p>So, if you develop sites in Django head over there and create yourself a profile. If possible, upload a photo too - it makes the site look nice! Please leave any feedback or bug reports as comments on this post.</p> <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/community">community</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/django">django</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/django-people">django-people</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/natalie-downe">natalie-downe</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/projects">projects</a></p>

2007-09-20T09:35:48+00:002007-09-20T09:35:48+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2007/Sep/20/flickr/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://www.flickr.com/help/forum/en-us/54286/">Flickr: [what was with the pirates?] Garrrrhhhh!</a></strong></p> It’s fascinating reading all the complaints on this thread—partly due to different international senses of humour, and partly just because as Flickr became more mainstream it attracted users who never picked up the sense of fun at the center of the Flickr brand. <p><small></small>Via <a href="http://waxy.org/links/">Andy Baio</a></small></p> <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/community">community</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/culturaldifferences">culturaldifferences</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/flickr">flickr</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/jokes">jokes</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/talklikeapirateday">talklikeapirateday</a></p>