"there seems to be little appreciation for new members trying to help and little effort made by the established community to enable them to do so effectively ..."

LoL. I think its pretty cool that your openly discussing this kind of stuff - its what being part of an open community is about.

I think what EmmaGx is getting at is that you seem like a bunch of geeks who suddenly became the popular kids.

Everyone seems confused and a bit annoyed about whether to relax and enjoy it or to clam up and wait for it to go away.

The existing strength of the community seems to be in its ability to persevere with independent development of 'heritage' devices. An emerging strength is in guiding future maemo development now the platform has gone more mainstream.

How should a geek deal with sudden popularity?