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How To Spread Word About My FOSS Project?

An anonymous reader writes "I'm in a bit of a bind with an open source web software project of mine. It's a very small project that I've been developing for over three years. By now it's got a promising feature set, but very few users and virtually no community around it. The problem is that people I have asked to try it refuse to do so because it doesn't have a thriving community. It's an infinite loop: without users, we won't have a community, and without a community, users aren't coming. So, Slashdot, my question is: how can I build a community and help get the word out about a project led by 2 people and with only 5-6 regulars on our forum and IRC?"

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  1. Re:Put an Apple on it by kellin · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Flame bait? Mod this up! Its sooo true! LOL.

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  2. Re:Make it good by narcc · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    For $3000, I'll make it go up to 12.

  3. Re:Sex by haderytn · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Redundant????? I wish.

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  5. Re:Or ... by keytoe · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Or imprisoned for murdering your wife

    I had mod points, but I couldn't find the +1 Too Soon option.