On Tuesday 01 November 2005 19:32, Stuart Herbert wrote: > > > 1) Why post to forums.g.o if its on www, why would one check forums > > > instead of www. > > Redundancy - to get the attention of those folks that for whatever > The users I've spoken to about our news situation have expressly stated > that one of their concerns is that there are *too many* places to check > for news. > > They're not looking for us to scatter news across many mediums - they > want one place to go.
This user would prefer important news in as many places as possible. Yes, scattering different types of news about the tree in different places is stupid, having the same news in 4 different places might be mildly annoying if you see it 4 times, but if 4 times as many users see it all the better. Redundancy is a Good Thing. -- Mike Williams -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list
