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From: Ciaran McCreesh <ciaran.mccreesh@××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Tone in Gentoo
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2010 17:59:38
Message-Id: 20100619185906.72367d63@snowcone
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Tone in Gentoo by Ben de Groot
1 On Sat, 19 Jun 2010 12:54:25 +0200
2 Ben de Groot <yngwin@g.o> wrote:
3 > This is a point that deserves more consideration. One of the top
4 > reasons (as witnessed in forum discussions)
5
6 Unfortunately, that's selecting a rather biased audience. The success
7 of a forum depends upon the number of active posters it has. The number
8 of active posters it has depends upon how many people need to post
9 there to get answers to questions, and how many wrong answers have to
10 be given before the right answer comes up. Thus, by selecting from the
11 forums, you're picking an audience that likes talking endlessly about
12 communities, not one that likes to answer a question once, correctly,
13 and then change things so the question doesn't need to be answered
14 again.
15
16 > Does Gentoo really prefer to keep more sensitive people out instead
17 > of effectively getting rid of repeat offenders?
18
19 All bringing more sensitive people in does is cripples the
20 distribution's ability to delivery any technical improvements, since
21 everyone's time is wasted worrying about the whiners. And let's face
22 it, the sort of people who moan about that kind of thing are going to
23 find a reason to moan no matter what.
24
25 > Think about it. What kind of people would you rather have in Gentoo?
26
27 Personally, I'd like to see Gentoo start having the kinds of people who
28 deliver a better product, not the kinds of people who worry that using
29 a gender-ambiguous cow as a logo might be offensive.
30
31 --
32 Ciaran McCreesh

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Re: [gentoo-dev] Tone in Gentoo Sebastian Pipping <sping@g.o>
Re: [gentoo-dev] Tone in Gentoo Ben de Groot <yngwin@g.o>