On Fri, Jul 20, 2007 at 09:06:02AM -0600, Mathew Davis wrote: > On 7/20/07, Adam Krikstone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >IRC and lists are great tools at sending and distributing information > >fast. However, as more users, especially ones with little to no > >experience with linux, begin purchasing neo's these lists will be > >inundated with drivel. There is only ~1000 people on this list and look > >at simple problems with a glitch with gmail. I get 90+ messages about > >"is gmail broken," "gmail isn't working," "I think it is gmail," etc. > >Do you really want to check your inbox and get 5000-10000+ messages > >about simple mundane things as the neo's are released to the mass > >market? I suggested a forum to act as a buffer between the public and > >IRC/lists. The IRC/lists can be for developers/advanced users and > >consumers can stay in the forums. > > > I agree. I don't understand why people are so opposed to having a forum.
It's because it's yet another place that you have to look. > It doesn't mean that if we had a forum we had to shut down the mailing > list. Then everyone has to look *both* at the forum and at the list, if they want to keep up, or research a particular issue. If things had started out as a forum, then adding a list would be bad, for exactly the same reason. > And no one is suggesting that mailing lists are outdated. I think, > at least for me, adding the strengths of another great tool to the growing > list of already great tools is a good idea, especially once this starts > hitting the market. I think there are some definate strengths that a > mailing list has that a forum could never have. From my experiance I have > found forums to be a great tool for the novice to advanced user. People who > know what they are talking about can help the beginer users and people who > have more dificult questions can turn to the mailing list. And if people on > the dev team want to poke around in the forums the merrier but they don't > have to. I for one think that forums could really enhance the community. At this point it's clearly a developer community, not a consumer community -- there are no consumers using a neo, and there won't be for 6 months to a year, at least. From my perspective, then, the time to start forums would be when there is a significant consumer community. > _______________________________________________ > OpenMoko community mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community _______________________________________________ OpenMoko community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
