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Re: Octave should create a forum
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Juan Pablo Carbajal |
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Re: Octave should create a forum |
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Sun, 5 Jan 2020 00:19:00 +0100 |
Hi all,
I think edmund has a point (though I find "autistic" and the
generalization quite offending). Now, the question is, who wants to do
it?
I think we can address jwe directly (is he reading this?) or anyone
with access ot the web tools and indicate how hosting can be made.
We can open a call on the mailinglist for moderators. This has a
associated work with it: setting "rules", tasks, and instructions for
moderators and for users. I guess can be adapted from other sites.
On Sat, Jan 4, 2020 at 11:19 PM edmund ronald <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> Mike, thanks for the reply. Yes, unfortunately by indicating you elided my
> name while addressing the topic, you confirm my point of view that the
> participants of this list avoid person-directed interactions. This is
> relevant here because forums are designed to be named-participant communities
> while tech response sites are primarily issue-solution databases. And a
> typical forum interaction will see a user navigate down an experience thread
> eg how do I install, how do I run, how do I locate the library to do X etc.
> And people will interact with the user along this forum thread, seeing them
> as a person with a goal, not as a tech issue . In a QA site each of these is
> a new purely tech-based interaction.
>
> If I may be so bold as to state a view, I dont think participants of THIS
> list should make the forum decision based alone on discussion here. It would
> be preferable to inform the decision by asking more naive users for their
> opinion.
>
> Edmund
> PS I have pleasant memories of our meeting and all going out for beer in
> Germany, and hope we will meet at a future conference.
>
>
> On Sat, Jan 4, 2020 at 9:02 PM Mike Miller <address@hidden> wrote:
>>
>> On Sat, Jan 04, 2020 at 15:59:40 +0100, edmund ronald wrote:
>> > I have had zero acknowledgement to my
>> > emails above, and in the same way there is no wish to accommodate overly
>> > chatty users.
>>
>> I didn't reply directly to you, but one of my replies definitely did
>> agree with your sentiments about Stack Overflow, and the different needs
>> served by a Q&A site vs a discussion forum.
>>
>> --
>> mike
- Re: Octave should create a forum, (continued)
- Re: Octave should create a forum, edmund ronald, 2020/01/03
- Re: Octave should create a forum, Carnë Draug, 2020/01/03
- Re: Octave should create a forum, edmund ronald, 2020/01/03
- Re: Octave should create a forum, Mike Miller, 2020/01/04
- Re: Octave should create a forum, GoSim, 2020/01/04
- Re: Octave should create a forum, edmund ronald, 2020/01/04
- Re: Octave should create a forum, GoSim, 2020/01/04
- Re: Octave should create a forum, Mike Miller, 2020/01/04
- Re: Octave should create a forum, edmund ronald, 2020/01/04
- Re: Octave should create a forum,
Juan Pablo Carbajal <=
- Re: Octave should create a forum, GoSim, 2020/01/04
- Re: Octave should create a forum, Mike Miller, 2020/01/04
- Re: Octave should create a forum, Kai Torben Ohlhus, 2020/01/05
- Re: Octave should create a forum, GoSim, 2020/01/05
- Re: Octave should create a forum, Nicholas Jankowski, 2020/01/05
- Re: Octave should create a forum, edmund ronald, 2020/01/05
- Re: Octave should create a forum, Kai Torben Ohlhus, 2020/01/05
- Re: Octave should create a forum, Mike Miller, 2020/01/04
- Re: Octave should create a forum, GoSim, 2020/01/04
- Re: Octave should create a forum, Mike Miller, 2020/01/09