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March 21, 2005

Ourmedia slashdotted

It didn't take long for Ourmedia to be slashdotted.

Just what we needed with our servers already getting slammed.

Consensus seems to be: This is a pretty cool thing. Some skepticism about the long-term promises we're making (we'll see how that goes). Disappointment at the no-porn rule. :~)

I dove in and answered a half-dozen questions. Also posted a call for volunteer coders to help us build out the site ... we'll see whether that gets yanked or not.

March 21, 2005 at 06:03 PM in Ourmedia | Permalink

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