[Mageia-dev] Release cycles proposals, and discussion - messages from the forum

Tue Jun 14 22:35:21 CEST 2011

On Tue, 14 Jun 2011 21:57:03 +0200
+Maarten Vanraes <maarten.vanraes at gmail.com> wrote:
+
+> Op dinsdag 14 juni 2011 16:22:42 schreef Lee Forest:
+> [...]
+> > Android mail does that by default. But that just proves my
+> > other point. Half the time these replies complaining about top
+> > posting, lazyness, or 'netiquette' are being shot back instead
+> > of useful respones. In a forum this is much less of a problem.
+> > Most forums are only setup to send just your own reply to the
+> > topic, and quoting a specific post instead of the whole thread.
+> > Thus not letting the user quote that much at a time by default.
+> > Less redundancy by design, and we can move past the
+> > 'netiquette' complaints and focus on the topics more. And in
+> > the process actually modernize this communication system in a
+> > way that moves AWAY from mailboxes bombed with redundancy.
+> > Don't count on the users to use 'netiquette' because its been
+> > long proven that 'common sense is not all that common', and its
+> > by definition 'insane' to expect everyone to use it. Because it
+> > will always be a problem with some new users who are new to
+> > mailing lists.
+> 
+> I never visit any of the forums.
+> 
+> the problem with forums is:
+>  - no textonly, so too much junk like html, colors, fonts and
+> whatnot: this means emphasis on appearance and not on content.
+>  - there are more than one forums in all kinds of languages
+> 
+> so you see, there's people who like forums and people who like ML
+> and it's one of the holy wars like the vi vs emacs one, just like
+> wobo said.
+> 
+> this is completely open, everyone is allowed to say their saying,
+> there are only a few rules.
+> 
+> i mean, if you _DO_ want to say your opinion, i think it's only
+> normal to make an effort for it. if you can't make the effort,
+> then perhaps it's not as high priority to yourself as you would
+> like to believe.
+> 
+> and lastly, i am not fond of your wording choice: "modernizing" ?
+> makes me feel like an old dinosaur...
+
+Forums aren't exactly 'modern' - they're just a BBS with added
+graphics.
+
+-- 
+Margot
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