On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 10:23 PM, Paul Johnson <baloo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 8:30 AM, Dan Kegel <dank@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 8:09 AM, Paul Johnson <baloo@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > And if they're too dumb to use email, > > > what hope do they have of being able to constructively discuss wine? > > > > Being a curmudgeon, that's my own instinctive response. > > But it's possible there's a generation gap at work > > here, and people under 21 or so just don't use email > > in general. > > That's their loss. If they can't be bothered to use the proper > established channels, we shouldn't bother to change the channel to > cater to them. > > > > There certainly has been a flood of newbies > > posting since we hooked up the forum. > > That's our loss. The quality of the threads has also gone down. Not > to mention the spam flood, plus that one moron who insists on > responding to every spam to tell everyone it's spam. Way to go, > there, too: A lot of us wouldn't have ever seen the spam if he hadn't > replied to it... > > > > We can probably reduce the number of clueless posts > > a bit by writing an FAQ tailored to forum users, > > But being forum users, they won't read it anyway. Forum users come > with the attitude of "I'm not paying for help, but YOU FUCKING OWE ME, > DAMMIT!! I'm not going to provide any useful information about what's > wrong, you get to give me a magic fix! And it has to happen RIGHT > NOW!!111!! Do we really need them? > > > > -- > Paul Johnson > baloo@xxxxxxxxx > > The forums auto top post, so you'll see more and more of that. Is there a gmail setting that fixes this? I've kicked into text-only and I'll do more to support the responses, but correct me if I'm wrong, but I didn't receive a mailing-list-how-to upon signing up. I think it's a bit selfish to call all forum users idiots. Last time I checked, Google searches forums, not emails, and forums are much easier to read. If you keep slandering people willing to help and discriminate against communication methods you'll just be left with your definition of "non-idiots" and no idea of what real users are experiencing. If the sudden spike in interest in Linux, Wine, and free software is bothering you develop behind closed doors and no one will bother you. All this venting can really kill the excitement behind such an awesome project. -Tres -- - Tres.Finocchiaro@xxxxxxxxx
