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I just love it how you folks always give it to the "zero spelling mistakes" website and all. You're simply giving no chance to other websites to evolve. I gave

I just love it how you folks always give it to the "zero spelling mistakes" website and all. You're simply giving no chance to other websites to evolve. I gave that source because they were first, not because they were exclusive. and it wasn't a reinterpretation of that source only.

RaduTyrsina 13y ago
Thanks again! what doesn't kill me, makes me stronger! I expect you'll visit my website often, now that you've contributed to its success :)
laumars 13y ago
> "I just love it how you folks always give it to the "zero spelling mistakes" website and all. You're simply giving no chance to other websites to evolve. I gave that source because they were first, not because they were exclusive." I'm all for promoting smaller websites. In fact I manage a few myself. However I don't see why people should read an article that's just a rewording of someone else's article, where there's no individual research going on, and where it also manages to get the fundamental core of the article completely wrong (ie the scale of Microsoft's serving infrastructure). That's inexcusable given the whole point of news items is to inform / educate the readers. I was happy to ignore how poorly written the content was as I assumed that either English isn't your first language or that you're dyslexic. As someone who's dyslexic myself - I completely sympathise with how hard formal writing can be. And if you are either of the aforementioned, then I think it's credit that you're not letting it hold you back. However it costs all of 2 minutes to run a spell checker and the improvement that has on the overall "feel" of the article is massive. *> "and it wasn't a reinterpretation of that source only." I labelled it as such because of the factual errors present in yours that didn't exist in the original. In essence, you read the original, then rewrote it as you interpreted it.
TallGuyShort 13y ago
I understand you're getting a lot of criticism and I sympathize, but if you're going to make comments about what it means to be a journalist, you should probably have someone proofreading your articles. There are some pretty distracting errors in your writing, such as words missing from sentences, etc. Also, if you don't know the difference between a server and a datacenter you should be very careful when writing articles about the state of the industry. Spreading false information without doing due diligence to be informed is irresponsible. Again, I sympathize with all the criticism that's headed your way, but you would do well to not respond too defensively and to learn from this experience.
- RaduTyrsina 13y ago
  Thanks! Please read above, I always check my articles. This time, it was just unexpected for me :)
  - laumars 13y ago
    This is just a friendly warning, but I've noticed you've got an error on your about page[1] as well. You have the same paragraph posted twice inside itself (I'm guessing that's just a copy and paste error?). I can see what you're trying to do - and genuinely wish you the best of luck for your site. But since sites such as those are very common already, you really cannot afford to make silly little mistakes like those as you'll risk putting off potential repeat visitors. So I'd recommend giving most of your site a re-read before posting future content. [1] http://wind8apps.com/about/ http://wind8apps.com/about/
RaduTyrsina 13y ago
Thanks for the time you took to correct me Indeed, the were some errors inside the piece that I almost never make My mistake was to write and then submit it here, NOT KNOWING NOR EXPECTING that it would get so quickly picked up on the front page. Quicker than I realized, I was confronted with the mistake I made, without having time to re-examine the article again. And yes, I did research. Initially, I wanted to write something about Microsoft's focus on the cloud and then I found this piece - http://rcpmag.com/blogs/scott-bekker/2013/07/wpc-microsoft-1-million-servers.aspx http://rcpmag.com/blogs/scott-bekker/2013/07/wpc-microsoft-1..., which is 3 days old, so, most likely, that is the initial source, but not Zdnet. Then, I linked Microsoft's focus on cloud with the expansion in Iowa + another article with a funny, side fact - http://www.greenm3.com/gdcblog/2013/7/11/microsofts-new-organization-puts-datacenter-four-times-and-s.html http://www.greenm3.com/gdcblog/2013/7/11/microsofts-new-orga... then, I found this one - http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2013/07/10/microsoft-wpc-2013/ http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2013/07/10/micro... Therefore, I stand for my work and I accept the errors that I made but please don't label my effort that quickly
- laumars 13y ago
  > "My mistake was to write and then submit it here, NOT KNOWING NOR EXPECTING that it would get so quickly picked up on the front page. > "Quicker than I realized, I was confronted with the mistake I made, without having time to re-examine the article again." I hate to say this, but the title drew a lot of attention because of it being inaccurate. eg I clicked the link because my thought was "wow - that can't be true. I wonder where all these data centres are and how big they are". I'd guess many others did the same - which is why someone accused the article as linkbait. I think this is one of those occasions that need to be chalked down as "experience". And a good reminder to all of us to proof read the stuff we post online. :)
  - RaduTyrsina 13y ago
    Definitely, I was so damn surprised, man! The last story I had on the front page was like 6 months ago so I said to become active again and thought timing was crucial with this one. I got the timing right :D What I want to ask is this, with the current title, would it have been as "baiting"? I mean, did it have a chance of getting on the front page with the actual title? Because if it did, then it's too bad :(

RaduTyrsina 13y ago

Thanks again! what doesn't kill me, makes me stronger! I expect you'll visit my website often, now that you've contributed to its success :)

laumars 13y ago

> "I just love it how you folks always give it to the "zero spelling mistakes" website and all. You're simply giving no chance to other websites to evolve. I gave that source because they were first, not because they were exclusive." I'm all for promoting smaller websites. In fact I manage a few myself. However I don't see why people should read an article that's just a rewording of someone else's article, where there's no individual research going on, and where it also manages to get the fundamental core of the article completely wrong (ie the scale of Microsoft's serving infrastructure). That's inexcusable given the whole point of news items is to inform / educate the readers. I was happy to ignore how poorly written the content was as I assumed that either English isn't your first language or that you're dyslexic. As someone who's dyslexic myself - I completely sympathise with how hard formal writing can be. And if you are either of the aforementioned, then I think it's credit that you're not letting it hold you back. However it costs all of 2 minutes to run a spell checker and the improvement that has on the overall "feel" of the article is massive. *> "and it wasn't a reinterpretation of that source only." I labelled it as such because of the factual errors present in yours that didn't exist in the original. In essence, you read the original, then rewrote it as you interpreted it.

TallGuyShort 13y ago

I understand you're getting a lot of criticism and I sympathize, but if you're going to make comments about what it means to be a journalist, you should probably have someone proofreading your articles. There are some pretty distracting errors in your writing, such as words missing from sentences, etc. Also, if you don't know the difference between a server and a datacenter you should be very careful when writing articles about the state of the industry. Spreading false information without doing due diligence to be informed is irresponsible. Again, I sympathize with all the criticism that's headed your way, but you would do well to not respond too defensively and to learn from this experience.

RaduTyrsina 13y ago
Thanks! Please read above, I always check my articles. This time, it was just unexpected for me :)
- laumars 13y ago
  This is just a friendly warning, but I've noticed you've got an error on your about page[1] as well. You have the same paragraph posted twice inside itself (I'm guessing that's just a copy and paste error?). I can see what you're trying to do - and genuinely wish you the best of luck for your site. But since sites such as those are very common already, you really cannot afford to make silly little mistakes like those as you'll risk putting off potential repeat visitors. So I'd recommend giving most of your site a re-read before posting future content. [1] http://wind8apps.com/about/ http://wind8apps.com/about/

RaduTyrsina 13y ago

Thanks for the time you took to correct me Indeed, the were some errors inside the piece that I almost never make My mistake was to write and then submit it here, NOT KNOWING NOR EXPECTING that it would get so quickly picked up on the front page. Quicker than I realized, I was confronted with the mistake I made, without having time to re-examine the article again. And yes, I did research. Initially, I wanted to write something about Microsoft's focus on the cloud and then I found this piece - http://rcpmag.com/blogs/scott-bekker/2013/07/wpc-microsoft-1-million-servers.aspx http://rcpmag.com/blogs/scott-bekker/2013/07/wpc-microsoft-1..., which is 3 days old, so, most likely, that is the initial source, but not Zdnet. Then, I linked Microsoft's focus on cloud with the expansion in Iowa + another article with a funny, side fact - http://www.greenm3.com/gdcblog/2013/7/11/microsofts-new-organization-puts-datacenter-four-times-and-s.html http://www.greenm3.com/gdcblog/2013/7/11/microsofts-new-orga... then, I found this one - http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2013/07/10/microsoft-wpc-2013/ http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2013/07/10/micro... Therefore, I stand for my work and I accept the errors that I made but please don't label my effort that quickly

laumars 13y ago
> "My mistake was to write and then submit it here, NOT KNOWING NOR EXPECTING that it would get so quickly picked up on the front page. > "Quicker than I realized, I was confronted with the mistake I made, without having time to re-examine the article again." I hate to say this, but the title drew a lot of attention because of it being inaccurate. eg I clicked the link because my thought was "wow - that can't be true. I wonder where all these data centres are and how big they are". I'd guess many others did the same - which is why someone accused the article as linkbait. I think this is one of those occasions that need to be chalked down as "experience". And a good reminder to all of us to proof read the stuff we post online. :)
- RaduTyrsina 13y ago
  Definitely, I was so damn surprised, man! The last story I had on the front page was like 6 months ago so I said to become active again and thought timing was crucial with this one. I got the timing right :D What I want to ask is this, with the current title, would it have been as "baiting"? I mean, did it have a chance of getting on the front page with the actual title? Because if it did, then it's too bad :(