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On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 4:07 AM, Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> I'm a member at LQ tho I haven't been there in a long while. I just |
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> don't see why there has to be two forums when the one forum we have is |
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> more than enough. If someone can't find the Gentoo forums, I'm not sure |
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> they can find the chair and keyboard either. lol |
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As a user I'd say that's ignoring us (the users) blatantly. What's the |
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harm in having it at multiple places? LQ is one of the sites that |
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comes up first in Google Search. I have found solution for many of my |
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queries related to other distros there. Agreed that finding Gentoo |
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Forums is easy, but that doesn't mean that you can expect every user |
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to go there. A reply like mine would usually be countered with: Gentoo |
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users are assumed to be intelligent enough to find this forum. lol |
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> I don't see how doing double the work will benefit anyone. Its a lot |
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> easier to have one forum than it is to have two forums. I just think |
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> the Gentoo folks would be better to concentrate on what we have than to |
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> be spreading more work around for the same people. Its not like they |
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> don't have enough work already. |
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This is also wrong. As I said before having a presence in multiple |
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areas is just plain helpful and not redundant. Search engines are the |
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first tool that a user would usually use and getting more results is |
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nothing but helpful. And as Jesús put it he is volunteering to do it, |
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so I don't see what is the problem here? If the sub-forum does come up |
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I am sure other people would volunteer as well. Nobody is forcing |
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anyone to do anything here. |
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I wish some people would start seeing it from user's perspective as |
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well. And volunteers who want to help like this should be encouraged. |
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Frankly speaking replies like this have discouraged many users I have |
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personally known. And it takes great courage to post to Gentoo ML in |
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fear of such replies. Again and again its virtually stated that: "user |
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is dumb unless they do it the way I want them to do it or the way I |
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think it is right". I take back my words if Gentoo is supposed to be a |
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developer only distro. |
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Anyway, again from a user's perspective, Gentoo also has its share of |
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great minds, awesome documentation and some friendly and nice folks. |
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:) |
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Regards |
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Nandeep |
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