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2009-12-23
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@ Po' Bo'. PA
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I still think this is a non-problem. We have 29,074 registered users, and maybe every other month or so I see one of them complaining about how bad the tone in this forum is. So that would be 6 complaints a year... let's be generous and make it 12... and let's also assume it's 12 distinct users who complain. Out out 29,074.
I admit there may be a few forum members here who just don't follow the rules of civilized communications. Well, you can always ignore these. I think there's currently two or three nicknames on my ignore list, and that was it. Again, two or three out of 29,074.
What I'm trying to say is yes, there may be single incidents that you could point your finger at and say "Here! Look! That wasn't nice!" - but compared to the mass of posts generated here each day, it's not worth dealing with them more than we do now.
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2009-12-23
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@ Finland
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2009-12-23
, 13:38
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@ Somerville MA - USA
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2009-12-23
, 13:41
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@ Beijing
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is there a possibility to add couple of links to talk front page?
http://wiki.maemo.org/New_users
http://wiki.maemo.org/Maemo_basics
http://wiki.maemo.org/Category:Beginners
I bet those plus users manual covers 80-90% questions asked.
It seems that having those at your signature doesn't help at all, one must first ask it and after some greeter has replied, he'll get the links.
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2009-12-23
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2009-12-23
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@ Germany
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I still think this is a non-problem. We have 29,074 registered users, and maybe every other month or so I see one of them complaining about how bad the tone in this forum is. So that would be 6 complaints a year... let's be generous and make it 12... and let's also assume it's 12 distinct users who complain. Out out 29,074.
I admit there may be a few forum members here who just don't follow the rules of civilized communications. Well, you can always ignore these. I think there's currently two or three nicknames on my ignore list, and that was it. Again, two or three out of 29,074.
What I'm trying to say is yes, there may be single incidents that you could point your finger at and say "Here! Look! That wasn't nice!" - but compared to the mass of posts generated here each day, it's not worth dealing with them more than we do now.
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2009-12-23
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@ Somerville MA - USA
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#18
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I think you are terribly wrong. Just mention the Iphone positively and you can crank up the number of flaming programmatically.
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2009-12-23
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@ US
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One thing I don't like is how the Wiki is hidden. Heck I keep forgetting it exists once in a while. Perhaps there should be a Wiki/FAQ link on the forum itself.
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2009-12-23
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It would definitely be a start, but I've worked selling electronics and dealing with end users, and you will still be asked the same questions over and over, it's pretty much unavoidable. But when you do, it's important to deal with them in as friendly a way as possible.
The good thing is that you learn a lot along the way and after while you'll be extremely proficient in dealing with these requests in a smooth and easy way.
It's not much fun though, sadly.
Perhaps the most worrying thing, to me at least, is where these types of uncivilized posts appear. In my, albeit rather limited, experience on this forum the majority of animosity is found on the threads posted by new users or most likely to be read by new, or prospective for that matter, users. That means that it has a discouraging effect for new people to join the community, which may be a big problem, especially if say Texrat is trying to get new developers on board and the first thing they see is animosity towards questions.