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Originally Posted by geneven View Post
A couple of phrases have emerged in the above useful (for me) discussion.

"They've become an active, participating member of the community"

and I think the other was "engaged user".

Great, but what makes me blush and wince about the whole Linux community, and this community is similar to that group, is what happens to the vast array of clueless users, NOT engaged users.

Who is the spokesperson for them? I don't think they have one, yet the huge, overwhelming ultramajority of users are in this category. They are the ones who, when you say they need to switch directories, wait patiently for instructions on how to do so.
Doesn't being a spokesperson automatically make you an active, participating, engaged user (or member of the community)? I can't figure out how somebody could become a spokesperson or have whatever role in a community without being active/engaged/...

The point is to make those who don't want to take part so actively (99,99%) understand that they can - if they want - vote for somebody they trust and then forget about the whole thing again for 6 months. This way they can still be "users only" but have their voices heard. (If the ones they voted for deserved their trust.)
 

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