[Mageia-dev] Release cycles proposals, and discussion - messages from the forum

[Maarten Vanraes]

Op dinsdag 14 juni 2011 22:35:21 schreef Margot:
> On Tue, 14 Jun 2011 21:57:03 +0200
> 
> Maarten Vanraes <maarten.vanraes at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Op dinsdag 14 juni 2011 16:22:42 schreef Lee Forest:
> > [...]
> > 
> > > Android mail does that by default. But that just proves my
> > > other point. Half the time these replies complaining about top
> > > posting, lazyness, or 'netiquette' are being shot back instead
> > > of useful respones. In a forum this is much less of a problem.
> > > Most forums are only setup to send just your own reply to the
> > > topic, and quoting a specific post instead of the whole thread.
> > > Thus not letting the user quote that much at a time by default.
> > > Less redundancy by design, and we can move past the
> > > 'netiquette' complaints and focus on the topics more. And in
> > > the process actually modernize this communication system in a
> > > way that moves AWAY from mailboxes bombed with redundancy.
> > > Don't count on the users to use 'netiquette' because its been
> > > long proven that 'common sense is not all that common', and its
> > > by definition 'insane' to expect everyone to use it. Because it
> > > will always be a problem with some new users who are new to
> > > mailing lists.
> > 
> > I never visit any of the forums.
> > 
> > the problem with forums is:
> >  - no textonly, so too much junk like html, colors, fonts and
> > 
> > whatnot: this means emphasis on appearance and not on content.
> > 
> >  - there are more than one forums in all kinds of languages
> > 
> > so you see, there's people who like forums and people who like ML
> > and it's one of the holy wars like the vi vs emacs one, just like
> > wobo said.
> > 
> > this is completely open, everyone is allowed to say their saying,
> > there are only a few rules.
> > 
> > i mean, if you _DO_ want to say your opinion, i think it's only
> > normal to make an effort for it. if you can't make the effort,
> > then perhaps it's not as high priority to yourself as you would
> > like to believe.
> > 
> > and lastly, i am not fond of your wording choice: "modernizing" ?
> > makes me feel like an old dinosaur...
> 
> Forums aren't exactly 'modern' - they're just a BBS with added
> graphics.

lol +1