Re: great job, world of gnome folks!

[Juanjo Marín <juanjomarin96 yahoo es>]

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> De: Sriram Ramkrishna <sri ramkrishna me>
>Para: GNOME Marketing List <marketing-list gnome org> 
>Enviado: Domingo 19 de agosto de 2012 21:03
>Asunto: great job, world of gnome folks!
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>I've been seeing a lot of great articles coming from you guys on /r/gnome.  Great work guys!  I really really appreciate all the content you guys are generating on our behalf.  Thanks for exposing our community and informing them of the things we are doing in GNOME.  Keep it up!  You guys are an inspiration!
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>sri
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In the Spanish Track in GUADEC (GUADEC-ES), Germán Póo-Caamaño gave a good talk about how to deal with misinformation. He recommended the Debunking Myths Handbook: http://sks.to/debunk


"Debunking myths is problematic. Unless great care is taken, any effort to debunk
misinformation can inadvertently reinforce the very myths one seeks to correct. To
avoid these “backfire effects”, an effective debunking requires three major elements.
First, the refutation must focus on core facts rather than the myth to avoid the
misinformation becoming more familiar. Second, any mention of a myth should be
preceded by explicit warnings to notify the reader that the upcoming information is
false. Finally, the refutation should include an alternative explanation that accounts
for important qualities in the original misinformation."

I think is a worth reading for the marketing team ;-)

Cheers,

    -- Juanjo Marin