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Quote from: funsponge on March 03, 2014, 07:34:01 PM

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Is there anyone that can get UTC some media attention? Articles in news papers, news sites,... would be very nice.

Is this just another 'someone else do this, but i don't want to' suggestion or are you volunteering to do a press release to send out to the media to help the community?

Can you or anyone else write an interesting article on scrypt-jane combined with fast transaction speeds? I don't class myself as a very good "journalist" / "reporter" type? At Let's Talk Bitcoin you can submit articles - http://letstalkbitcoin.com/write/#.UxTbYoXvPBI

KC

I'm busy gathering a following on twitter and bombarding cryptsy with tweets (@ultracoinnews). I didn't say I would write a press release. I'm just sick of people putting "we should" rather than "Im going to". No one is willing to put their own time into helping the community. There only seems to be a handful of us really trying to get this coin out to the masses, and it's really frustrating. The facebook give away is a great idea and we need more of this type of generosity from the community whether that be donating or spending time plugging the coin to others.

Funsponge,

I'm already tweeting and sharing Facebook. I'm trying to think of ways to get Ultracoin noticed. However, I do understand your reply. Those that took up the challenge of spreading the word of Ultracoin on tweeter is miniscule - https://twitter.com/search?q=%23ultracoin&src=hash

KC

A quick note on this type of frustration and a quick way to resolve it. This is probably better done on the official forums, but we can self-elect positions so that the people who want to be involved know what is expected and whom to expect it from. We can stop collectively wondering who is willing to be responsible for what. Taking on a role doesn't even mean you are responsible for doing all the work, just managing the expectations of the role. Example:

Media Manager - Coordinates media message and message outreach programs. Responsible for making sure message is focused and topical. Sets goals for media mentions in given timeframes. Coordinates with social media guru to gage success of message.

In the case of the above role, you wouldn't necessarily have to write or edit these messages, just make sure someone competent is doing it. You wouldn't have to be the one with connections to all of the potential outlets your trying to reach, but you would have to make sure that people with those connections contact you. Etc.

This all would have to be approved by Bumface, obviously. After approval, I would hope he is rather hands off on any given role and would only exert veto power. That's just a suggestion though. The community could collectively decide whether a person was doing a good job or not and suggest replacements as needed.

Basically, we need structure.

Fairpoint I'll open a new thread on the Ultracoin forum - http://forum.ultracoin.net/

KC