Hi! I just went to AskSage. That page never seemed appealing to me, and now I can tell you why.
I was browsing the questions, sorted by the number of answers. I noted that quite many of them have no answer at all, some dating back to Sep. 2010. However, when I opened one of the unanswered questions, I found that the question was commented - namely by a counterquestion like "please provide more information". But in contrast to answers, comments are not visible when you browse the posts. Let me try to describe that situation from the point of view of a (new) user: 1. I ask a question, say, concerning installation. 2. After a day or so, I return to the AskSage front page, in order to see whether there was any activity related with my post. No activity is reported, so, apparently nobody noticed my post [unfortunately, I am not aware that there is a comment, asking me to provide more information]. I am frustrated. 3. After another day, I still see no activity, and my problem with installing Sage is not solved. I am angry. 4. I drop Sage. In other words: I think that it is essential for AskSage that either *any* activity related with a post (posting an answer, posting a comment, editing the post, ...) shows up on the front page. I, for one, would certainly not revisit a thread that I started, if no activity is reported. Alternatively, comments should be strictly reserved to internal information only. If you post a comment on AskSage, you should not expect to get an answer. Best regards, Simon -- To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URL: http://www.sagemath.org
