Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: low traffic lately?

+1

I have been working with general purpose computers since the mid 70s and 
made a pretty good career out of it until I retired 10 years ago.  I 
don't do facebook because it violates my computer security rules and I 
strongly disagree with facebook's data-mining business model.

In my view, the reason email, BBs, and forums like this one seem to be 
out of favor is that general purpose computers are becoming dinosaurs in 
favor of mainstream ipads and smart phones.  Last year I upgraded my 
10-year-old desktop computer and discovered new components are becoming 
difficult to find.  This may be the last time I can upgrade it, since I 
suspect in 10 years, the desktop computer will not be available.  That 
gives me a warm fuzzy, but then in 10 years I may not care.

The way I see it, if someone only allows responses from me via facebook 
and/or twitter, then they don't get a response, which effectively 
self-limits their help.

Girvin Herr



On 01/25/2014 12:07 PM, anne-ology wrote:
>         as for me, I don't even know what AskLO is -
>             and probably don't want to know if it's similar to Facebook,
> Google, et.al.
>         because I too don't want all the additional spam ...
>             or the minute-by-minute diaries of the inane.
>
>         I too have been using these computers since the days of the BBs  ;-)
>             and see no reason why e-mail should be considered out-of-date.
>
>         BTW - it irks me when someone requests a reply only through facebook
> or twittering ... ... ...
>            (I happen to enjoy watching, & listening, to the birds, yet they
> stay in the yard)
>
>
>
> From: CVAlkan <foberle@enteract.com>
> Date: Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 1:29 PM
> Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: low traffic lately?
> To: users@global.libreoffice.org
>
>
> Hi Tom:
>
> Just my two cents. I've tried using AskLO several times and have never
> figured out how to set up an account, so I hope you don't drop this in favor
> of AskLO.
>
> Maybe I'm just dense (and I've only been using computers and bulletin boards
> and mailing lists and their descendants since the mid-80s), but all I see
> are ways to sign in using Google or Facebook and so forth, and I don't have
> any of those accounts, and don't want them, since I get enough spam already
> and don't have much interest in cat videos or what my neighbors had for
> dinner.
>
> Sorry - I'll go away now.
>
> Frank


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