Novell, OpenSUSE, and “Those Sweet Numbers”

Dr. Roy Schestowitz

2009-12-09 23:14:06 UTC
Modified: 2009-12-09 23:14:06 UTC

Summary: OpenSUSE coordinates the gaming of social networks for OpenSUSE hype

IT WAS Microsoft Enderle who promised "amazing numbers" to Microsoft and "OpenSUSE boosters" [1, 2] might be up to similar plans. Shayon Mukherjee has just posted a message to the opensuse-announce mailing list. It starts with the following:

Hello , Its great to see that the new openSUSE Board Members are announced[1].And i would take this time to Congratulate Bryen Yunashko , Rupert Horstkoetter and Pavol Rusnak for the same and hope to have a much more better experience , more enthusiasm and more fun working to/for the openSUSE Community as a openSUSE team.

And now its the time to Tweet , Blog , Digg and facebook the announcement and let everyone know the new energetic team of the openSUSE Board is up. So go ahead and spread the Word.And make a point that this time we have more than "Those sweet numbers" like we had for the openSUSE 11.2 release.

Then, subscribers are given the URLs to potentially "boost".

Well, we are used to seeing Novell staff in Reddit for example. From other Webmasters we have learned that Novell IP addresses are also being used to anonymously defame yours truly. ⬆

Comments

elland road

2009-12-10 02:55:00

"An analysis of the BoycottNovell spam problem on Digg, Reddit, Mixx and other social news web sites"

http://verofakto.blogspot.com/2009/08/analysis-of-boycottnovell-spam-problem.html

Hypocrite.

International Troll Alert by Helen Plews: Helen Plews from Cybershow has this new article
The FSF (Free Software Foundation, Inc.) Can Reach Its Funding Goal of $400,000. This Bothers the Imposters and Foes of the FSF.: Software Freedom is something we must perpetually fight for
Linux Foundation Pays for LLM Slop (Puff Pieces Made by Bots) About the Linux Foundation: The so-called Linux Foundation is responsible for the production of spam and slop
General Consultative Committee (GCC) Meeting at the European Patent Office (EPO) Shows Existing Problems: the "real problems" and why "digitalisation" doesn't solve them
Google Has Only Solidified Its Search Monopoly in Africa Since Microsoft's Chatbot/LLM Hype Started: Africa is basically a "Failed Market" to Microsoft
Over at Tux Machines...: GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Thursday, December 12, 2024: IRC logs for Thursday, December 12, 2024
[Meme] Leave My /home Alone: A new version of Systemd
There's a New Version of Lagrange (Gemini Reader) and Its Developer is Making an IDE/Editor: I share or reciprocate almost anything I can through Gemini Protocol
Nick's Job at OSI: Promote Microsoft, Promote Proprietary Software: This is what Microsoft pays him to do
[Meme] Award-Winning Back-stabbing Opportunists: part of the rebel alliance
Azerbaijan Rejects Microsoft: Azerbaijan seems to have very little interest in Microsoft
[Meme] You Just Grab Him by the CoC: Sponsors of Python Software Foundation... "You don't like Python's corporate sponsor?"
Explaining What Deb Nicholson Does to the Python Software Foundation: Of course the OSI, which Nicholson also occupied, still helps Microsoft attack copyleft
IBM Said to Be Firing People Days Before Christmas: IBM is entering taboo territories
Microsoft Falls to Just 11% in Ivory Coast: Microsoft tried hard to catch up in mobile
Links 12/12/2024: Shell Settles With Greenpeace, DOJ Whistleblower Pilot Program: Links for the day
Gemini Links 12/12/2024: AuraGem TV and Advent of Code 2024: Links for the day
Fake "Linux" News, Produced by Microsoft Chatbots in 'Brittany Day' or "LinuxSecurity" Clothing: She's back at it
Microsoft OSI Promoting GitHub, Which is Proprietary and a Massive GPL Violator: OSI works for Microsoft, speaks for Microsoft, promotes proprietary software
Links 12/12/2024: Another 'Self-driving' Cars Dead End, Infowars Sale Blocked by Court: Links for the day
Links 12/12/2024: "Hey Hi" Hype Debunked, ActivityPub and Gemini Software on Same Server: Links for the day
[Teaser] EPO is Running Out of Brains: EPO has been in the business of offering fake patents
South Korea Has Its Own Alternative to IBM's Proprietary RHEL: Owing to the Open Enterprise Linux Association (OpenELA)
Over at Tux Machines...: GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, December 11, 2024: IRC logs for Wednesday, December 11, 2024
Fresh Rumour of Wave of IBM Layoffs Less Than a Fortnight Before Xmas Day: Unverified and anonymous
Links 11/12/2024: Additional Surveillance Ambitions and Cyberattacks on Sudanese Media: Links for the day
Links 11/12/2024: More Google Layoffs Rumoured for January, 'Linux' Foundation Colonises India: Links for the day
Mozilla's Firefox is Floundering, in the United Kingdom Its Share Fell to 2% This Month: HTTPS is becoming little but a transport layer for Chrome-like browsers, i.e. proprietary things with DRM and perhaps attestation (which means you cannot modify them; you'd get blocked for trying)
Protecting People From So-called 'Social Media' is Not Censorship (No More Than Banning or Restricting Access to Cigarettes is 'Censorship'): it's not censorship when the thing you are censoring [sic] is itself a censorship powerhouse operated by a foreign and hostile nation (or oligarchs of Musk's nature)
[Meme] Solving Real Problems With So-called 'Social Media'?: Feeding and medically treating animals helps, unlike "likes"
Links 11/12/2024: Climate Warming, 'People Can Fly' Layoffs: Links for the day
Gemini Links 11/12/2024: LLMs as Plagiarism, Advent of Code 2024 Momentum: Links for the day
In United Arab Emirates (UAE), Microsoft Now on One in 8 Internet-Connected Devices?: Web-connected clients are becoming scarce that run Microsoft operating systems (Windows)
IBM and Microsoft Hats at Linux Foundation: "Fedora Project Leader Matthew Miller: A change of hats!"
IBM's Latest Fedora Divestment Speaks for Itself: Microsoft must be very pleased with what IBM is doing
Why is UK Press Gazette Jingoistic About Plagiarists and LLM Slop Disguised as Journalism?: Press Gazette appears to be participating in the attack on honest journalism
EPO is Corrupt Like Always, What Changed is the Lack of Media Coverage (No Transparency Means No Democracy): We need to revive online media and encourage dissent
[Meme] How NOT to Do Activism Online: So many self-professed liberals continue participating and driving traffic (ads) in X
In Central Africa, Which is Bigger Than Europe, Windows is About 5% in Terms of "Market Share": they apparently got so fed up with colonialism
Communicating Outside of Skinnerboxes and Social Control Media: Tackling collective isolation and miscommunication (or communications being controlled by middlemen)
Number of Libera.Chat Users (Simultaneously Online) Falls to Lowest Figure in Over 3 Years: Notice the downward trend/curve in recent months
[Meme] Social Control Media is NOT Free Speech: It's time to discard that stupid argument that banning an abusive censor is "censorship"
Banning Not Only TikTok... if Not for FOMOC (Fear of Missing on Constituents): It's a sort of addiction by peer pressure
Shedding Light on How the EPO Sheds Off Staff in Order to Grant Loads of Invalid (Fake) Patents in Europe: The people who decide on these policies lack a background in science
Montenegro's Share of GNU/Linux Reaches All-Time High: We don't really know why, but that's just what the data from statCounter suggests
Over at Tux Machines...: GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, December 10, 2024: IRC logs for Tuesday, December 10, 2024

Novell, OpenSUSE, and “Those Sweet Numbers”

Comments

Recent Techrights' Posts