Something I've noticed is the phenomenon of Help Vampires [1] on this list.
Amy Hoy: "As soon as an open source project, language, or what- have-you achieves a certain notoriety—its half-life, if you will— they swarm in, seemingly draining the very life out of the community itself." She proceeds to give some tips on handling vampires. Let me excerpt from #2 Cease Enabling Behavior: * Enforce autonomy. No matter how beneficent you’re feeling, never directly answer a common question. * Foster thinking. Even if it’s not a question you see go bye fifty times a day… don’t answer it with a direct fix (unless the person is a known non-vamp, or it’s a real puzzler). * Reward self-help and helping others. Thank people who ask intelligent questions and do research first, and people who make an effort to help others. Tell them they’re a credit to the community. [1] http://slash7.com/2006/12/22/vampires/ The post was apparently written as a follow-up to [2] that meditated on why the Ruby on Rails community wasn't as good as it used to be. [2] http://slash7.com/2006/03/22/s-o-s-save-our-sanity/ Lennart Augustsson wrote: > > What Don said. > > 2010/3/29 Don Stewart <d...@galois.com>: >> gue.schmidt: >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I notice that posts from the Haskell elders are pretty rare now. Only >>> every now and then we hear from them. >>> >>> How come? >> >> Because there is too much noise on this list, Günther >> >> -- Don > -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/Where-are-the-haskell-elders--tp28076211p28140624.html Sent from the Haskell - Haskell-Cafe mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe