The first thing that people see when visiting https://codeberg.org is the following: "Software development, but free!"
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Keep in mind that this is explicitly not a public vote, but rather a "call for inspiration", if we may. We'd rather avoid a Boaty McBoatface (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boaty_McBoatface) type of situation, but humorous suggestions remain nevertheless welcome!
@Codeberg My dudes, this is not how you go about marketing.
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The first thing that people see when visiting https://codeberg.org is the following: "Software development, but free!"
However, projects hosted on Codeberg are not necessarily by developers of software—on the other hand, deciding on a new slogan can be difficult and contentious, as first impressions really matter (and there's not a lot of space there).
So, one of the people controlling the social media account decided to ask the fediverse: Any good ideas?
@Codeberg Do not outsource your marketing slogan to the internet. Hire a professional. Please, for goodness sake.
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The first thing that people see when visiting https://codeberg.org is the following: "Software development, but free!"
However, projects hosted on Codeberg are not necessarily by developers of software—on the other hand, deciding on a new slogan can be difficult and contentious, as first impressions really matter (and there's not a lot of space there).
So, one of the people controlling the social media account decided to ask the fediverse: Any good ideas?
@Codeberg "keeping your code happy, but free"
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@Codeberg Do not outsource your marketing slogan to the internet. Hire a professional. Please, for goodness sake.
@jeffmcneill @Codeberg idk, I’ve been a part of several failed rebrandings using professional marketing firms. Why not take a community pulse? I’m genuinely curious
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Tip: A bunch of ideas we have gotten so far involve the themes "mountain"/"summit", "unlike the 'rest of the Internet'", "retreat", "iceberg", "cool"... there miiiight be something behind those, but we also welcome out-of-the-box suggestions.
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@jeffmcneill @Codeberg idk, I’ve been a part of several failed rebrandings using professional marketing firms. Why not take a community pulse? I’m genuinely curious
@soulcutter @Codeberg Way more failed brandings using "community pulse". It is like asking random people to do a "logo". Same nonsense approach with a nearly linear nonsense result. Also, "rebrandings" are usually failures. The key is to focus back on the core brand, with minimal change.
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@jeffmcneill @Codeberg idk, I’ve been a part of several failed rebrandings using professional marketing firms. Why not take a community pulse? I’m genuinely curious
@soulcutter @Codeberg I do agree that a professional marketing firm isn't a foolproof approach, so one needs a really good process for dealing with them. However, using amateurs isn't going to end well.
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@soulcutter @Codeberg Way more failed brandings using "community pulse". It is like asking random people to do a "logo". Same nonsense approach with a nearly linear nonsense result. Also, "rebrandings" are usually failures. The key is to focus back on the core brand, with minimal change.
@jeffmcneill @soulcutter @Codeberg I disagree. A logo is something that you cannot easily change or adjust (something that you "pick") - the implicit question here is "how would you describe Codeberg in a sentence", not "we'll pick one sentence out of all of them" (hence "call for inspiration").
We work on free and open-source, so we love DIY'ing. (And also, if one were to take the logo comparison at face value, it has worked well for other communities like Comaps: https://codeberg.org/comaps/Governance/issues/73)
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The first thing that people see when visiting https://codeberg.org is the following: "Software development, but free!"
However, projects hosted on Codeberg are not necessarily by developers of software—on the other hand, deciding on a new slogan can be difficult and contentious, as first impressions really matter (and there's not a lot of space there).
So, one of the people controlling the social media account decided to ask the fediverse: Any good ideas?
@Codeberg "The site that doesn't sink your ship"
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@jeffmcneill @soulcutter @Codeberg I disagree. A logo is something that you cannot easily change or adjust (something that you "pick") - the implicit question here is "how would you describe Codeberg in a sentence", not "we'll pick one sentence out of all of them" (hence "call for inspiration").
We work on free and open-source, so we love DIY'ing. (And also, if one were to take the logo comparison at face value, it has worked well for other communities like Comaps: https://codeberg.org/comaps/Governance/issues/73)
@jeffmcneill @soulcutter @Codeberg Overall, I don't think I saw or that I'm seeing much harm in exploring something that I just had genuine curiosity over and asking other people.
(But I'm not a professional.)
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The first thing that people see when visiting https://codeberg.org is the following: "Software development, but free!"
However, projects hosted on Codeberg are not necessarily by developers of software—on the other hand, deciding on a new slogan can be difficult and contentious, as first impressions really matter (and there's not a lot of space there).
So, one of the people controlling the social media account decided to ask the fediverse: Any good ideas?
@Codeberg Maybe just replace "Software" with a different generic word, like "Project".
"Project development, but free."
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The first thing that people see when visiting https://codeberg.org is the following: "Software development, but free!"
However, projects hosted on Codeberg are not necessarily by developers of software—on the other hand, deciding on a new slogan can be difficult and contentious, as first impressions really matter (and there's not a lot of space there).
So, one of the people controlling the social media account decided to ask the fediverse: Any good ideas?
@Codeberg something in the lounge of
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