7 Apr
2008
7 Apr
'08
7:10 p.m.
Sorry about top posting but that seems to be accepted in this thread.
One thing I hope folks **never** do here is what they did recently on
the Wine-Users list where they created a forum and then linked
Wine-Users email list to the forum. Now when people post in the forum
all of that shows up on wine-users and anything in wine-users is
posted back into the forum. What a mess! Forum postings don't need to
keep any context since you can look at the post just above it. This
means you start seeing emails that say things like "Yes" and nothing
else. What a mess!
It got so bad I quit wine-users after being a subscriber for probably 6 years.
Personally I like the immediacy of an email list but I like reading
forums more than gossemer threads, etc., when I want to study some
subject I don't know much about.
- Mark
On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 2:03 PM, Thomas Vecchione <seablaede(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Yes, however what oyu don't see is how many people
DON'T do the forums for
assistance. Meaning the people that use google first. Personally I don't
like to sign up for a forum for minor things that should be documented
elsewhere. A forum and/or mailing list is the last place as I prefer not to
sign up for more things I have to remember username and passwords for.
Things like OpenID may change this, but in general I agree having a strong
documentation and THEN forums or other communities seems a better choice to
me.
Not to say that the option doesn't already exist on linux-audio.org Just
that when it comes to choosing what to spend time on, it should be
considered. Personally ont he forum I moderate that is Linux related, I
find myself wishing more and more I had put the time forth to set up a
strong documentation web page of questions I frequently see there so that i
can point people to said documentation. The key of course is strong and
well written, but it can then also point people where to go to learn more.
I hope that rambling was at least coherent. It wasn't just me expressing
personal beliefs, but also trying to express a different point of view and
reasons for it.
Seablade
On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 4:23 PM, Ivica Ico Bukvic <ico(a)vt.edu> wrote:
While I appreciate your thoughts on this matter, the keyword here is "we"
as
You can
make linuxaudio.org 'alive' when you put also a forum on the
site. When there's a active forum, more people will visit the site and
more people will find the site, cause now it isn't very clear for
newbies where to go...
I don't do forums. They are clumsy and worthless things compared to the
sleek efficiency of mailing lists.
When I'm a newbie, I don't look for forums - I look for wikis. in community, not "I" as in my personal
tastes. In other words, while some
(many?) of us may not care much for forums, others may, including
newbies--see Ubuntu forums for instance.
Lao site has addition of forums on the long-term roadmap, so I think
having
this as part of lao is something I would very
much like to encourage.
Best wishes,
Ico
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