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Hi, I am part of ForkTheCookbook [0]. We actually actively face this problem, which is why in our FAQ, the 2nd question tries to answer that: http://forkthecookbook.com/faq

[0]http://forkthecookbook.com




Hi chewxy,

Do you have any insides how much those recipes get actually forked? I'd be afraid, that forking might be a nice idea, but actually isn't that common.

Thanks for your insight.


Hey, if you have played around with the website, you'd notice a lot of forks. We spent about 3 months convincing people forking was a good thing before finally launching it.

If you wish to know more, contact us at admin[at]forkthecookbook.com . Sorry for this, as half of us are terribly ill, and we take turns to answer questions


Tried going to the links and for some reason they are triggering my McAfee Site Advisor with "Warning: Suspicious Site".


Hmm, I wonder why. Is there any way to check why?

EDIT: According to Site Advisor (http://www.siteadvisor.com/sites/forkthecookbook.com), here are their criteria:

Country indicates where a ___domain is registered | US/AUS

Popularity indicates how many visitors a website gets | Not very popular

E-mail indicates our overall opinion of a website's e-mail practices | We don't spam

Downloads indicates our overall opinion of a website's downloadable files | No file downloads

Online Affiliations indicates our overall opinion of a website's linking practices | We vet every link. Every write up. It could be one of our authors are having a malware issue. Not sure about that.

Annoyances indicates our overall opinion of a website's pop-up practices. | No popup.

Exploits are rare but extremely dangerous security threats caused by a website "exploiting" a security vulnerability in the browser. | Don't think we have exploits. Something to check

Web reputation McAfee tests websites for web reputation using the TrustedSource™ system. | Totally not helpful

Reviewer and Site Owner Comments | I see no reviews




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