> -----Original Message----- > From: Manuel Lemos [mailto:mlemos@xxxxxxx] > >> Obviously, the "knowledge s*ckers" will not provide any valuable > >> feedback. Actually some of them even come in public just > to b*tch that > >> I require them to login to download my stuff. Some even threat to > >> download similar packages from some other repository, as > if I care. > >> The world does not revolve around any individual alone, > even less KS. > >> > >> If that requirement of login detracts some KS from even > accessing the > >> site, that is just perfect for me. That is not the main > reason to keep > >> that requirement for my classes but it is one reason more. > >> > >> I can justify spending time and effort to retribute the > feedback that > >> legitimate users provide. As for KS, sorry, they are not > helping me at > >> all, so I can't justify even to worry about the usual b*tching or > >> threatning to use the TV of some other neighbour. ;-) > >> > > > > Instead of making harder for legitimate users to use your software, > > maybe you should think about why people are "knowledge > sucking" instead > > of using your class. > > When I say legitimate users, I am talking about those that do > not have a > problem to become subscribers of the site and download the > package made > available in the site by the authors. > > In general I observed that some people show an hostile > atitude towards > the site because they do not want to trust that when they > subscribe they > will benefit from a whole set of services for free. Instead, > some assume > that their e-mail addresses will be sold to spammers and other > conspiration theories that have no foundation in any facts. > > Since I developed and manage this site, I can tell you that those > objections are absurd. As you may imagine I cannot simpathize with > people that on one side want my software but at the same time do not > trust me. > > Everybody is free to disagree with me but I do not consider potential > legitimate users all those that do not consider my site > trustworthy. I > can certainly live well without those users. As I said, if all they > wanted was to s*ck my knowlegde, and so would not provide any > valuable > feedback in any circunstances, I am sure I am not loosing nothing. I > certainly do not develop free software for people with > hostile atitudes. So... Here's a question: do you have your privacy policy on the site, or do you just expect people to pop in an email address without knowing what it's for? If you don't have a specific privacy policy, then it is perfectly understandable that people don't want to provide some stranger their email address. Maybe you are blessed and get no spam, but you should see some inboxes - more spam than actual email content. A lot of that comes from unscrupulous sites that collect information and sell it to people who maintain huge lists of email addresses. If you don't think this is the case, then things must be a lot different in your corner of the net. When it comes to sites like that, I usually just make up an email address. If you're actually going to send me something, I use a hotmail account that gets nothing but spam and silly signups, then go check it, delete everything and sign out again once I've gotten what I need to access the site. I guess the question is.... Why bother with making people "sign up" for your site if you aren't going to do anything with the email addresses you do collect? (V) -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
