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2009-12-22
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Originally Posted by fatalsaint
The official forums are controlled by Apple. Though there are active pro-Apple/pro-IPhone communities just like you would find anywhere else on the Internet.
I noticed the .ca on the URL... but I don't care enough about iPhone to really know who or where the official forum is. I imagine it would be hosted by apple though... since I doubt they would let even their forum go under someone else's control.
Technically this isn't the official Nokia forum =P
That's at http://www.forum.nokia.com/
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Originally Posted by ysss
They're maemo and MeeGo...
"Meamo!" sounds like what Zorro would say to catherine zeta jones... after she slaps him for looking at her dirtily...
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2009-12-22
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#53
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I reckon that thread's going to disappear in a puff of iSmoke...
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2009-12-22
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Originally Posted by OrangeBox
I agree, the rest are people who make unsupported, general statements that may come from the frustration of realizing that they may have spent 3 times the amount that they needed to on a device that they have no idea how to use.
This community is full of egotistical, i-know-it-all type geeks that have no respect for others. Many posters are childish, some are outright immature. Personal attacks, sarcastic remarks and the lack of respect to other members are missing far too often. Being too emotional and in some cases fanatic turns some threads into flame wars. There is so much that we can learn from the iPhone community.
Disclaimer: I don't own an iPhone and don't plan to own one either, but I follow their forums to learn their perspective and I can tell you that they are so much more civilized than we are.
Before you start posting insulting remarks to this thread take a deep breath and check out some of the iPhone forums out there and LEARN that there is a better way.
Peace.
What steams my clams is the assumption that this community is a N900 phone community. It is not. It has been around through 3 evolutions of hardware before the dang N900. The threads and posts that some will cite to support your statement are N900 centric.
The type of people you refer to came with the dang phone!
To be fair every community has know-it-all types as well as those who have no respect for others. We sorted all that out before the phone people came and this was one of the more productive forums I have had the pleasure to belong to. An example of this kind of world-wide collaborative productivity can be seen in the current N900 as a Wifi Hotspot thread.
The fact that something got done in that thread does not surprise me in this community, what surprised me was that there were not many "sorry if this is off topic but" or "I have a quick question that nobody seemed to answer in my other 3 threads" posts that have lately derailed many a good thread.
I know there are people waiting for this crap to settle down before they post unique N900 use cases. When they do, many will be amazed because their "not an iPhone" mentality didn't allow them to even imagine some of the possibilities.
And as long as we are making general statements about personality types, what is most irritating to me are statements like "I can't believe Nokia expects this to compete with the iPhone, uPhone, or whateverPhone" or "I cant believe they expected people to pay for...". They didn't expect that at all and they certainly didn't devote their time and talent to build a device that would show up your loud mouth, sister in law's iPhone.
If that is what you're looking for, do us all a favor and take the N900 back for a full refund and stop pissing in everyone else's bowl of Cheerios.
Last edited by YoDude; 2009-12-22 at 21:03. Reason: their for there
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2009-12-22
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Originally Posted by schettj
I THANK YOU for this post. You made me laugh. Not too many people makes me laugh. Thank you again.
Man, you cannot buy this kind of entertainment.
The Internets Never Fail To Amuse.
Again, having been "there" at the beginning and being "here" at the beginning, there is exactly zero zilch nada no difference at all from the community back then, and this community now.
Helpful people, confused people, angry people, trolls, and shills... with some fanboys tossed in for seasoning. At least one self-appointed court jester. Seems about right.
Now, can we get back to helping this very young product mature?
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2009-12-22
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Thread win: YoDude.
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2009-12-22
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Originally Posted by Texrat
/seconded.
Thread win: YoDude.
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2009-12-22
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Originally Posted by Bratag
You are of cource 100% correct, but that doesn't mean this is not insulting, or intimidating or arrogant, and not very helpfull. When a guy ask for directions to the cinema, and you answer: "get a map", this is not helpful, just arrogant.
Or they could simply type a simple google search and get all the information about using an xterm and common linux command line commands.
Why should the community provide a spoon fed repetition of information that can be easily obtained by people who exert even a minimal amount of effort.
People need to start using that big ole ball of fat and nerves they have rattling round in their skulls.
http://www.google.com/search?q=commo...ient=firefox-a
There I will even get them started.
I say again Mediocrity should not be rewarded. People with a brain they actually use RISE UP!
Even though this Orange-dude is a confused soul, you still managed to prove his point.
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2009-12-22
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Originally Posted by bsving
There's context not being considered here: a lot of the problem occurs in HOW the request is framed.
When a guy ask for directions to the cinema, and you answer: "get a map", this is not helpful, just arrogant.
We've actually had new users barge in with "this piece of crap sucks! Why can't I do _______ [insert one of many complaints here]??? People who say this is a good phone are liars!!!!"
Yes, these posts do appear. All too frequently. I don't blame anyone who responds "rudely"... although in a perfect world we would all take a deep breath, find our center, and respond with love and understanding.
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2009-12-22
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Originally Posted by OrangeBox
if your wondering why nobody as replied to you post on that forum it might be b/c forum is dead and not b/c they are better people who are never rude
Here you go: http://forum.iphoneworld.ca/iphone-3...html#post99854
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i bet 40 of them guests are people from here lol
edit thats forum activity not thread activity
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