Alpha announcement outreach schedule commencing 3rd March

[whitep4nth3r]

This issue exists to coordinate comms around the alpha release starting March 3rd.

The schedule will is flexible and will be amended/added to as needed prior to March 3rd.

Schedule

All times are in UTC.

Owner of Bluesky activity: @patak-dev

March 3rd

• 12:00 Release alpha blog post @whitep4nth3r
• 12:00 @whitep4nth3r publish own blog post
• 12:00 other "web ring blog posters" to publish their posts (related: Announcement blog post #178)
• 12:15 Announce alpha release blog on Bluesky (make a reply to this post also sharing the How to make your first contribution to open source post) @patak-dev
• 12:30 Announce alpha release in npmx Discord @whitep4nth3r
• 12:45 Post blog to Reddit — suggestions needed for good subreddits to share on @TheAlexLichter
• 12:45 Post blog to daily.dev
• .... please advise on other social platforms!
• 15:00 Share contributor montage video on Bluesky, related: npmx needs you for a contributor video montage #1151 @patak-dev
• 16:00 Announce CodeTV stream on Bluesky @patak-dev
• 17:30 Attend CodeTV stream (@danielroe @patak-dev @whitep4nth3r)
• ...
• 20:00 announce again on Bluesky @patak-dev with super secret thing

March 4th

• Share Svelte radio episode (?) @kevmodrome
• Share direct links to "web ring blog posts" on Bluesky (probably in a thread as not to look too noisy)
• ...

March 5th

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March 6th

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Unanswered questions

• Who will own posting to daily.dev?
• Do we want to cross-post to the DEV platform? If so, should we create an organisation?

[patak-cat]

love this, thanks a ton for caring so much

[43081j]

IMO the HN post will come naturally if we leave it. it'll probably have more traction that way than self-promotion i think. it'll also be satisfying to know it wasn't forced and still got picked up 😄

[abbeyperini]

DEV organization is a good idea.

[patak-cat]

These are drafts for the bsky social posts from the @npmx.dev account

12:15

npmx is now in alpha: this is our story, as told by our team and allies
[ expanded announcement blog post ]

as a reply:

We're dreaming big with npmx. The way we'll make a lasting difference is by banding together. Check out salma's post to learn how to get involved. We'll be waiting for you.
[ quoting salma's post about contributing to open source projects ]

15:00

We'll be live soon! Come celebrate our alpha milestone with us. See you there 🙌
[ quoting jason's or CodeTV's post with the livestream invite ]

16:00

npmx is all of us
[ npmx video montage ]

17:00

We're live!
[ quoting jason's, CodeTV's, or maybe salma's or daniel's post ]

Alternative: repost one of these.

20:00

there is no match for hundreds of humans locked in arms
[ secret video ]

@whitep4nth3r for the future, we should find a better way to collaborate on these drafts, maybe in notion so we can easily add comments. let me know if you have other ideas, i'll also think through the day to see if i come up with better wording for these.

[patak-cat]

12:30

post in the builders discord server #announcements channel. @whitep4nth3r i sent the last three announcements and we should start rotating (we should have done it before, but i didn't realize it until i sent the last one). would it be possible for you to send this one? we can do it together in the call. here is a draft, but you can do it with your own voice, i imagine starting by deleting half of my proposed text 😄

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@ everyone we did it! let's celebrate together the alpha release of npmx :npmx_icon: 🎉

First, look around you and go thank everyone you worked with during the past month. Our project is as much about the product we're building, as the community we're fostering together. There is so much we can do together in the next years. And as get to know and learn to trust in each other, we'll be able to dream even higher.

What's happening today:

• npmx.dev is now in alpha. we just announced it in social, help us spread our story!
• we're launching with 15 interlinked blog posts from our team and partners, check the list at the end of our announcement
• we're doing a livestream with Jason at CodeTV! Join us at <t:1772557200:t> today. Click on the interested button and you'll get notified when the livestream starts.

Enjoy the well deserved recognition today. It will be a fun day. Go talk with others in social, let's welcome all the future builders here and everyone that joins our new community discord server. Rest well, and let's start writing the next stage of npmx together 🤍

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make sure both the event invite and the bsky post are expanded

[whitep4nth3r]

@patak-cat yes I can do that

Made a page on notion for the social posts so we can collaborate easier.