On 1/29/06, Thomas Adam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Jan 29, 2006 at 03:45:39PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I use the lair and gentoo forums a lot, and always quote the relevant > > parts, as most users do. So, your affirmation is totally unfounded. > > Really? Look at any thread, and you'll see the disparate non-use of > quoting. It's not really that much of an issue, but where multiple > replies happen, the flow of a convesation can get muddled. Note that my > assertion wasn't pointed at you directly -- it was merely a > generalisation that you've somehow personalised. :) > > > And, well, it denotates that you really dont use the forums that much, > > because most people end the thread saying something like "Thanks, this > > has helped me so much." > > No it doesn't. Really, it was just an obeservation -- putting words in > my mouth like that leaves a horrid bitter taste. :) > > -- Thomas Adam > > -- > I've been too honest with myself, I should have lied like everybody else. > >
I understand that those used to work via mailing-list still prefer to use it. But as a bug-tracker is made to simplify the job of solving bugs, so are the forums in respect to ask questions. I'm a gentoo guy, and the best thing about that distro are the forums. But indeed, there should be an "intensive forum course" for teaching the people on how to use a forum. Things get a bit messy. But they soon learn, as a good forum member will have more people willing to help him. The mailing list archive is a good thing, but not as good as a forum with even a simple search engine. Things get organized by subject, so a programmer could help on more "serious" stuff, while a simple user could ignore that c language stuff and help on the "how can I do this and that" subject. It's not just a matter of taste, I posted a message about a problem with fvwm+xcompmgr twice, and I only got an answer the second time. I know it's not bad will from no one, it's just that sometimes we wake up in the morning and have the inbox filled up, and we start deleting messages that don't have an appealing title. And the next day maybe we would reply if we read it again, but oops.. It's deleted and I don't feel like digging in the archive. Maybe someone else has already replied.. Cheers Renato
