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by Fred Grott.
Original Post: Whay I am not At EclipseZone
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This is not a blame fest or pointing finger fest. Its just an explanation of why I have had not visited EclipseZone since February 2008 and its from my own perspective. First, I have been a member of javaLobby for awhile and I was one of the first Eclipsezone members when it was not with Dzone and Javalobby.
For me it was attraction of articles combined with quality discussion among both individuals and industry players that kept me coming back daily. With the current changes there is no community discussion or community voice heard and that lack of community voice shows in the quality of articles currently being 'churned out'.
If we are to learn anything from the lessons of social media it is that no one company or groups of companies can act as 'King Maker' because it is the community that say what they like and if it is not changed they find other places to go to get their community developer fix.
I mourn the old sites of javaLobby and Eclipsezone where the sens of developer community was always there and now its gone never to return, very sad. I do not like it all, its not fun and it is not a nice feeling at all. One word describes it, FAIL.
SIDE NOTE: I wish it was different. I wish my concerns about EclispeZone were taken to heart before the new changes.
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