Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [tdf-announce] LibreOffice Conference 2014: the program of a landmark event

On 08/14/2014 12:32 PM, Paul wrote:
> Just a lone voice, but as Tom pointed out, I am only on this list, and
> not on either the discuss or announce lists.
>
> Now, I don't really have much interest in the Conference, so Tom
> posting that here doesn't affect me much, but equally I certainly don't
> mind him posting that here.
Concur! A conference or convention announcement is certainly not as
disruptive as some of the other off-topic conversations bloating this 
list...
Just my 2 cents.
> I'm a user, on the users list, and some of the discussions on this list
> that are considered "off-topic" do interest me, and I feel should be
> brought out into the open, even if they're not purely about helping
> other users with problems.
>
> Any users that post to the list with questions get answers fairly
> regularly and fairly promptly, so I don't see that this list is in any
> way failing in its purpose. And I don't see that some extra cross-talk
> on the list can be in any way detrimental. To the contrary, better that
> than than an empty, silent ghost-list, like some I've seen. You can
> almost hear the tumbleweed blowing about in those lists. I think the
> community here is helpful, friendly and lively, and one of the best
> mailing lists I've ever been on, so I for one consider it unnecessary
> to stay focused purely on support issues.
>
> Just my thoughts.
>
>
> Paul
>
>
>
> On Thu, 14 Aug 2014 09:58:50 +0200
> Sophie <gautier.sophie@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Le 14/08/2014 09:53, Tom Davies a écrit :
> > > Hi :)
> > > People on this mailing list might not be on any other list.
> > >
> > > People who ARE on the discuss list are quite likely to already be
> > > on the announce list and probably quite a few others.
> > You are guessing at the risk to annoy users who are not interested by
> > other things than help. This list has a high traffic (and get more and
> > more) and should be kept on topic to stay efficient for readers and
> > get its archive clean to search in it. Thanks!
> >
> > Kind regards
> > Sophie


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