+1, kill them. On Nov 11, 2010, at 12:19 PM, Owen Winkler wrote:
> On 11/11/2010 11:13 AM, Andy C wrote: >> >> Better just to say - I'm not interested in forums with questions from >> new Habari users but will read -dev. > > This sentiment needs to be quashed before it gets started. > > There are plenty of developers subscribed to the -users mailing list who > frequently reply to new users that have questions. To suggest that > developers here are uninterested in helping new users is not only untrue, it > makes me angry. > > The suggestion to retire the forums is one focused on improving developer > response to user support and decreasing project maintenance costs. > > The forums were an experiment. This is how successful communities work: You > give them the resources they need to grow, and you trim the resources that > don't work or aren't used. > > If anyone could provide a valid reason to keep the stale, abandoned forum in > addition to the active, useful Google Group, maybe there would be an excuse > to keep both. But I have heard none. > > The forum is currently a blight on Habari's reputation, and a drain of > resources for both maintenance and message threads like these. > > This is a call to a formal vote to shut down the forum. +3 sum votes > carries. A +1 vote is to retire the forums. A -1 vote is to keep the > forums. Votes will be tallied at 12:00 GMT on 11/13, and resultant action > taken pursuant to the result of the vote. Even if you've expressed your > opinion before, please re-vote +1/-1 on this thread to be counted. > > My vote is +1, retire the forums. Redirect the forum page to the Google > Groups page for the mailing list. > > Owen > > -- > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/habari-dev
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