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  • lol this question is already serving it's purpose. I'm curious about some of these projects I've never heard of before. Commented Dec 5, 2009 at 2:58
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    Will there be similar ones for the rest of the trilogy? Apps like pidgin could go to superuser and serverfault could get admin-oriented tools. Commented Dec 5, 2009 at 3:49
  • Should the ads indicate what kind of help the project is looking for? Are ads for open-source programmer tools acceptable? Commented Dec 19, 2009 at 7:25
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    @Jeff. I think this is a wonderful scheme you have going here. The only thing is I find it frustrating to see the add and not have a explanation of what it is. I know you said this can be done via comments but it doesn't seem to be happening so far. Commented Dec 19, 2009 at 11:25
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    Can other sites run these ads? IE are they contributed beyond just stackoverflow? Commented Dec 19, 2009 at 15:40
  • +1 for @dlamblin You could easily provide listings for other websites. Commented Dec 19, 2009 at 20:55
  • Quibble on the format, but is it just Safari, Chrome and Firefox or does the "Tagline to show on mouseover" not show? Commented Dec 21, 2009 at 6:59
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    Is it just me, or are the majority of the ads here not an ad for programmers, but for a product? Commented Dec 21, 2009 at 19:31
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    R. Bemrose, one assumes that programmers would want to try the product then contribute to it. So the rule is, the project must allow outside code contributions and somewhat actively solicit outside code contributions. Commented Dec 21, 2009 at 20:20
  • @dlamblin: If you open up a new question called something like "running open source ads on 3rd party websites" we can start to flesh out how that would work. The initial problem is that the ad size on StackOverflow (220x250) is not an IAB standard and few websites (if any) will be able to use this size. But start the topic and let's try to figure out how to make it work. Commented Dec 22, 2009 at 21:13
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    It would be interesting to see a report comparing the effectiveness of the adds (how many people clicked on them) vs. how high they were voted. Are Meta user's effective add pickers or are they just oppinionated? Commented Jan 1, 2010 at 19:24
  • The ad I appreciated the most was the JQuerySharp. I think there's only one thing more motivating to a geek than to be addressed as "My Lord." Commented Jan 8, 2010 at 15:02
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    Just wondering: has the minimum score threshold been changed? Because there are two ads with 5 up votes that seem to meet the other criteria (meta.stackexchange.com/questions/31913/… and meta.stackexchange.com/questions/31913/…) but are not on rads.stackoverflow.com/ossads/all - or is some manual approval involved and it just takes some time? Commented Feb 12, 2010 at 18:03
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    Rather than adds for Open Source Projects, I'd really appreciate a list of projects that need help with a quick summary of what needs to be done in each one--what they are hoping to accomplish with this additional manpower. If there is such a site, advertise that! Commented Feb 18, 2010 at 23:33
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    Are dupes with different ad images acceptable? Doesn't exactly seem fair to load up multiple ads for a single project and drown out others. Commented Feb 21, 2010 at 4:28