> > On Sunday 24 March 2002 04:28 pm, john rigby wrote: > > Hi Damian, > > A reasonable comment: > > BUT if the people do not speak up - out of fear of reprisal - how is change > > ever going to happen?
i made my post as an answer to someone complaining about "people not being able to post because they are afraid of getting flamed. " or something like that. i absolutely agree with you, but my point is that no one with a genuine problem and looking for a solution is ever going to get flamed here. people looking for help should most certainly NOT be afraid to ask. i just think this is not the place for complainig, but for asking. > > The Newbie list *IS* the only place to have reasonable discourse on the > > product. > > It is NOT supposed to be a Geekfest. of course not. this is a newbie list after all. > > > > Maybe a good solution would be to have an internal code on Replies: > > GEEK > > USER > > COMMUNITY ( for community discussion) well, not quite... geeks usually have better answers for newbie questions. so i would mix "user" and "geek" together > > > > Then fanatics could avoid any challenge to their tiny world, Geeks could > > talk unintelligbly away from the rest of us real Newbies :-) , Users could > > get simple help on getting it to go usably and those good souls who like to > > help, as distinct from those here to display their > > arrogance/cleverness/oneupmanship, could dip into the anguish of the User > > area and help real beginners who have never cooked anything except lunch. > > > > It could work you know, with a bit of support. > > > > The Geeks have no idea how off-putting and terrifying the complex matters > > typical on this list are! Users cannot even understand the questions, much > > less the answers and for many it is the very first exposure outside the > > MS/Apple GUI world. > > > > Cheers, > > John > >
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