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On 06/19/10 19:59, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: |
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>> This is a point that deserves more consideration. One of the top |
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>> reasons (as witnessed in forum discussions) |
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> Unfortunately, that's selecting a rather biased audience. The success |
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> of a forum depends upon the number of active posters it has. The number |
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> of active posters it has depends upon how many people need to post |
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> there to get answers to questions, and how many wrong answers have to |
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> be given before the right answer comes up. Thus, by selecting from the |
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> forums, you're picking an audience that likes talking endlessly about |
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> communities, not one that likes to answer a question once, correctly, |
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> and then change things so the question doesn't need to be answered |
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> again. |
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This may apply to easy and/or 99%-technical problems with a dictator |
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around. That's not what we have here. It's two black-and-white for my |
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taste, too. |
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>> Does Gentoo really prefer to keep more sensitive people out instead |
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>> of effectively getting rid of repeat offenders? |
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> All bringing more sensitive people in does is cripples the |
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> distribution's ability to delivery any technical improvements, |
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Looking at it the other way around: with more sensitive people around, |
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collaboration would work better potentially leading to less loss of time |
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and energy and therefore quicker arrival of improvements. |
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>> Think about it. What kind of people would you rather have in Gentoo? |
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> Personally, I'd like to see Gentoo start having the kinds of people who |
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> deliver a better product, not the kinds of people who worry that using |
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> a gender-ambiguous cow as a logo might be offensive. |
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I don't consider that comment respectful. |
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