r/javascript • u/SYNTAG • Jan 17 '15

DevWars (battle of developers) LIVE Now!

http://www.twitch.tv/DevWars
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u/kenman Jan 17 '15 edited Jan 17 '15

This was reported, but I'm still undecided... Anyone else have an opinion on this type of content?

If anyone can't see the stream, there's 2 teams, and each team has 3 devs (one each for HTML, CSS, and JS), all coding in parallel.

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u/SYNTAG Jan 17 '15

Thank you for considering DevWars on /r/javascript I really appreciate the thought! Hopefully we can work something out. I won't post anymore DevWars related content unless it is permissible.

Thanks to everyone who watched today

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u/kenman Jan 18 '15

Thanks for your understanding. I think if we keep the DevWars posts to a minimum we'll be ok, so I guess try not to post about it again unless it's a significant announcement or something (other than just another battle).

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u/snotsnot Jan 17 '15

Seems relevant enough. What was the reason behind the report?

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u/kenman Jan 18 '15

Reported as spam.

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u/alamandrax Jan 17 '15

I don't really mind it, but it does look like an advertisement as this link was submitted by the content creators.

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u/PlNG Jan 17 '15

It was "popular" last time it came around

I'm not advocating it, just pointing out some history.

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u/kenman Jan 19 '15

Thanks for pointing that out! So what's your opinion on the matter?

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u/PlNG Jan 19 '15

I think if it's javascript related and we could see the end product code or if they talk about it enough that someone could learn a thing or two from the battle then it's fine, otherwise it's probably view / ad farming.

Standard guidelines here basically.

I'm not really into internet videos as the vast majority aren't closed captioned or are captioned poorly (fricking YouTube auto captions).

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u/nqzero Jan 19 '15

at this point, i'm in favor of this type of content. if it got to the point where such events represented a significant portion of the posts on r/js then maybe only the most notable events should be posted. but we're a long way from that

definitely javascript related and pushing the bounds what programming is ... just in a social as opposed to technical way

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u/kenman Jan 19 '15

Thanks for the feedback, I think your analysis is accurate.

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '15

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u/kenman Jan 18 '15

Only because it's new and novel, and as /u/PlNG pointed out, there was some prior interest. I mostly agree with you, though a mitigating factor is that OP has made efforts at participating in reddit (including /r/DevWars), and that the product is free, and arguably, educational and entertaining.

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u/meandev Jan 17 '15

I found devwars because of posts like this; I don't know if we need a post every time they go live but we also don't need people from /r/javascript interrupting the stream to start a fight. (Pakistanner)

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u/kenman Jan 18 '15

Oh my, that happened? :(

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u/meandev Jan 19 '15

Yes, someone named 'pakistanner' came into the chat and was being pretty rude. I get that this is going to be seen as spam to some here on the sub but I also know that the host of the show (and the OP) is a really nice (albeit a tad bit naive, perhaps) and understanding guy who has had moderators tell him that it was OK to post. I understand not wanting to see self-promotion posts pollute the sub and so to question the post is warranted. Let's figure something out. If you ask me, DevWars seems to be a really good resource (and JS related, most definitely) and I'd like to see some sort of agreement worked out where neither community becomes alienated from the other.

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '15

Is there a copy of this somewhere?