On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 7:49 AM, mac_v <[email protected]> wrote: > Hmmm.. not sure. You'll get more of just random hate/love comments > rather than truly useful user experience. > > It is really tough to separate such rants from truly good/bad user > experience. or even hate mail.
Echo that. An Ayatana forum would most likely attract more complaints and less actual discussion. Take a look at the Ubuntu Testimonials & Experiences forum if you don't believe me. :/ > For the forums to truly work , > - this section needs to be a moderated section similar to the "How-to" > section where the posts are first moderated by the admin group before > they are even posted on the forum. > - make sure the admin group for this forum are really patient readers , > know what to pick up and are able to see the flaw in the design ;) Warning: the process will quickly become cumbersome. :) There are some vBulletin quirks that might prevent you from doing exactly what you want. Adding individual moderators for a forum isn't difficult, but taking into account the moderation queue things tend to exponentially increase in complexity. ;) > - If needed, the admins can add an editor's note to the comment , this > would be helpful to give meaning to rants. Sometimes the bad rants have > a good point hidden somewhere in them too. It's typically a Bad Idea(TM) to edit others' posts unless they are in breach of the [UF] Code of Conduct. > But then again , if the users are truly interested they could just join > Ayatana mailing list. And *no need for the forums section* to > exist. ;) I agree wholeheartedly. Adding forums would make two different avenues of communication, which typically just leads to confusion and misunderstandings. That said, there's nothing preventing anyone from posting to a relevant section on the forums to gather more widespread input on a survey or something. Jacob -- Jacob Peddicord http://jacob.peddicord.net/ _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
