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If this is an important release, you might want to post it to https://lobste.rs/. Follow the same procedure as Hacker News.
Google+
- Log in as the CouchDB page.
- Post a new link to the blog post you just published to the CouchDB page and make it public.
- Post a new link to the blog post you just published in the CouchDB Google+ community news category.
- In both instances, try to summarise the important information, such as the type of release, and the most prominent changes in this release.
- Be sure to +1 each post from your own account.
You should also consider sharing the post made by the CouchDB page publicly via your own account.
Similar to Google+, post a link to the CouchDB page. Try to provide a useful summary of the release.
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