On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 8:14 PM, Brent Yorgey
One (slightly off-topic) question: at the top of the site it says "the meeting place for professional Haskell programmers". Is this supposed to be geared towards Haskell programmers who get paid (or want to get paid) to write Haskell? If so, fine; if not, in my opinion the word "professional" ought to be dropped.
The fact is that the site has two functions: on the one hand, it's simply a social network for anyone connected to the Haskell world. In that sense, the word "professional" is inaccurate. However, the second function is to encourage Haskell usage in industry, by showing a large number of highly qualified Haskell programmers. In this sense, the word professional is very apt. I hope the word professional isn't scaring off the hobbyists; I would definitely want them to be signing up on the site as well. But as far as the "marketing" of the site goes, I think our main goal should be impressing industry. Michael