On 08/05/2009, Dag Wieers <dag at centos.org> wrote:
> I think we need to see with our #centos IRC moderators if and what we can
> do about it. But it is obvious that not getting any response is hard to
> fix :)
>
> My personal opinion is that IRC is not the best strategy if you want a
> good reaction from the community. And my experience (on both sides of the
> fence) is that an IRC user typically wants immediate answers and often has
> unrealistic expectations. Not seldom a user left the channel before I was
> able to provide him with an answer...
>
> So google, wiki, mailinglist and forums (in that order)
Some of us would re-arrange that order -- google, wiki, fora and
mailinglist -- but each to { her | his } own. ;-)
Alan.
(Writing as Akemi's / toracat's represenative.)
