Sorry, Michael, but I disagree. People are feeling more comfortable
posting tech questions to a list with a much lower subscriber count. That
should tell you something. First and foremost it's a "user" list. That
was the whole point to offering the cf-talk list in the first place wasn't
it? Not a "guru help" list, or an "ask the experts" list. Simply an "ask
your peers" list. I feel comfortable asking questions to others using CF,
even if they don't manage the toysrus.com or some other mega web site.
Anyone who's been on the list for more than a couple years knows how many
former major CF advocates no longer participate in the list. Is that a
big problem? Not really. It _would be nice, however to see thing a bit
more focussed.
Jim
-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Dinowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thursday, July 27, 2000 11:06 PM
Subject: Re: Comma Problem
>Its designed for that, but also for non-tech. The amount of people on
this
>list is about a third of the CF-Talk list and the amount of people who
>answers tech questions is much lower. I totally disagree that people have
>stopped answering on the CF-Talk list. Yes, some threads get buried, but
>that's what archives are for (both web and local).
>
>
>> Yep. There's actually far less static on this list. A lot of people
have
>> stopped responding to help requests on the cf-talk list altogether.
Make
>> the mistake of posting a question in the evening and it's very likely
to
>> go unanswered, as the next day's list traffic burries it. I think at
>> least one or two more CF lists would be welcome. To say I just glance
at
>> the list subjects now would be a gross understatement. Every once in a
>> while something may catch my eye and I'll respond.
>>
>> Seeing the discussions yesterday about hardware system tuning, I think
a
>> good addition would be a cf-admin list for system administration and
>> server issues. Most people on the cf-talk list are programmers, so
they
>> probably have little interest in those threads. Similar topics
relevant
>> to an administration list are system security, mail server software,
web
>> log analyzers, system monitoring tools, DNS issues, all of which
>> invariably make it (with or without the little OT:) onto the main list.
>>
>> Jim
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Judith Dinowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Date: Thursday, July 27, 2000 11:26 AM
>> Subject: Re: Comma Problem
>>
>>
>> >Adam's got a point, guys. Community is for off-topic questions for the
>> >community. CF-Talk is usually the place for technical questions. I've
>> >noticed more and more people posting tech questions to this list. Do
>> people
>> >find it easier to use this list than CF-Talk?
>> >
>> >Judith Dinowitz
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