Gentoo Archives: gentoo-project

From: Donnie Berkholz <dberkholz@g.o>
To: Steve Long <slong@××××××××××××××××××.uk>
Cc: gentoo-project@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-project] Re: Plan, then communicate (no-list)
Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 18:27:35
Message-Id: 20080121182729.GD7078@comet.science.oregonstate.edu
In Reply to: [gentoo-project] Re: Plan, then communicate (no-list) by Steve Long
1 On 18:19 Mon 21 Jan , Steve Long wrote:
2 > I could and I would; forum users see their accounts similarly to how gentoo
3 > devs view their @g.org badges. Spammers are soon dealt with, so that anyone
4 > who has posted more than 50 posts (not counting OTW) and been a member for
5 > more than 3 months is not a bot. Let's say there's 100,000 active users. In
6 > a poll say 5% of votes are fraudulent. It can be factored into the
7 > calculation of significance. And when 90% say they don't like the way they
8 > get treated by Gentoo devs, there is a real issue. Call it communicaton,
9 > call it what you want, it's a real and valid concern.
10 >
11 > And IMO it holds Gentoo back.
12
13 I think it could hold Gentoo's userbase from growing at the same rate,
14 and I think it has little effect on Gentoo's progress in the technical
15 sense (development, etc.).
16
17 Thanks,
18 Donnie
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