>>> Hi everyone, >>> >>> I am proud to announce the release of Pyfora (http://pyfora.org), an >>> online community of Python enthusiasts to supplement comp.lang.python >>> and #python. While the site is small right now, please feel free to >>> register and post any questions or tips you may have. >> >> I'll feel free to not even bookmark it. I'm sorry, but it is just a bad >> idea. >> >> Your forum cannot (and should not) compete either with Python's official >> newsgroup, IRC channel and mailing list or with popular, well- made and >> well-frequented general programming sites like stackoverflow.com. > > Are you saying that now that comp.lang.python and stackoverflow exists, > there no more room in the world for any more Python forums?
Exactly. > I think that's terrible. Exactly. > Saketh, would you care to give a brief explanation for sets your forum > apart from the existing Python forums, and why people should choose to > spend time there instead of (or as well as) the existing forums? What > advantages does it have? Yes, this is about the right kind of response I think everybody deserves who puts energy/enthusiasm/effort/time into putting together a python-related forum. Cheers, Daniel >> It would be the Internet equivalent of looking for a poker tournament in >> a desert valley instead of driving half an hour less and going to Las >> Vegas: there are no incentives to choose your forum, except perhaps for >> isolationists who value being a big fish in a small pond over being part >> of a community. > > (Funny you mention Las Vegas -- it started off as a tiny little town in > the middle of the desert too.) > > How about avoiding the noise and obtrusive advertising and bright lights > of Las Vegas, the fakery, the "showmanship", the horrible fake pyramid > and has-been celebrities, the crowds, the tackiness, the high prices, the > bright lights that never turn off (Las Vegas is the brightest city on > Earth)... if you're interested in poker without all the mayonnaise, maybe > that poker tournament away from the tourists is exactly what you need. > > Personally, if I wanted to gamble, the last place I would go is any house > which had gold-plated taps in the bathrooms. That tells me the house's > percentage is *way* too high. -- Psss, psss, put it down! - http://www.cafepress.com/putitdown -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list