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2009-05-10
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Yes it should. When someone helps you, you thank them. It should not matter how they helped. IMO of course.
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2009-05-10
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Yes in linux world no in other worlds
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2009-05-10
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First off... shouldn't this be in the maemo.org forum? 
I say no. The goal of thanks is really to determine who is a helpful contributer to the community and who isn't. Having thanks available in the Off Topic forum would undermine this purpose. Karma whores would run rampant :P
Wait. Did I just agree with GeneralAntilles? Crap.
I say no. The goal of thanks is really to determine who is a helpful contributer to the community and who isn't. Having thanks available in the Off Topic forum would undermine this purpose. Karma whores would run rampant :P
Wait. Did I just agree with GeneralAntilles? Crap.
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2009-05-10
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This is a really terrible idea. Aside from giving people karma for really bad reasons (political discussions, spammy off-topic stuff, etc.), it's just going to lead to a lot more unpleasantness. Some of the threads in Off Topic are bad enough, but would be much worse if you involved additional people through Thanks! that would otherwise not have commented.
I know you have a big think for polls and such, penguinbait, but Thanks! in Off Topic sounds like a really good way to create wide rifts in the community.
I know you have a big think for polls and such, penguinbait, but Thanks! in Off Topic sounds like a really good way to create wide rifts in the community.
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2009-05-10
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Originally Posted by TrueJournals
Are we being too harsh on the GA? Honestly, I have NOT encountered any offense/irritating/rough to search sort of thing (of course, from my own standard) postings from GA for a long time. I think some of the old timers here still remember the old razar sharp toned GA. For me, I just see that he,
...Wait. Did I just agree with GeneralAntilles? Crap.
1) tones down and mellow alot nowadays,
2) works very hard behind the scene, maemo.org council type of things,
3) works very hard in helping to make a smooth transition of the maemo talk thingy, (not to my likeness, but this is not the subject)
...AND nobody seems to notice/acknowlegde that! I know, it is fun to pick on GA (me too, sometimes, he is such a celeb here) lets NOT overdo and drive GA into the other directions.
PB: sorry to hijack the thread, just want to stop the rain before it pours.
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2009-05-10
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Originally Posted by GeneralAntilles
I understand your points. I really don't see anything wrong with asking the community how it feels about any topic.
This is a really terrible idea. Aside from giving people karma for really bad reasons (political discussions, spammy off-topic stuff, etc.), it's just going to lead to a lot more unpleasantness. Some of the threads in Off Topic are bad enough, but would be much worse if you involved additional people through Thanks! that would otherwise not have commented.
I know you have a big think for polls and such, penguinbait, but Thanks! in Off Topic sounds like a really good way to create wide rifts in the community.
Its when we stop communcating, that communities fall apart.
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2009-05-10
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Originally Posted by TrueJournals
I kept going back and forth, perhpas I choose wrong
First off... shouldn't this be in the maemo.org forum?
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Originally Posted by penguinbait
Discussion is one thing, but polls on everything are another. Polls are asking a different question than you thing they're asking, and they're not a great thing to base decisions on (especially when there are very clear and compelling reasons about why this would be a bad idea).
I understand your points. I really don't see anything wrong with asking the community how it feels about any topic.
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2009-05-10
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Originally Posted by GeneralAntilles
GA, I think that's where we differ. I believe that if enough people believe strongly about any topic, its open for discussion. If a poll is put up, it will only help show the will of the community.
Discussion is one thing, but polls on everything are another. Polls are asking a different question than you thing they're asking, and they're not a great thing to base decisions on (especially when there are very clear and compelling reasons about why this would be a bad idea).
As I said before, go look at any thread with a poll, many more people will vote in a poll, then will voice their opinion in a thread, So polls are very important to listen to the community as a whole, not just the vocal ones.
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Seriously though, sometimes its light hearted humor, or some other technology, or even compassion for a lost friend. Why should we not be able to thank people for contributing whether directly maemo related or not. So many times I want to hit thanks in off-topic threads, I often just quote and type thanks. Like Quim's http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=28877 thread.
So I am posting another poll, you know how I love them.
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