Re: [libreoffice-website] Fwd: [tdf-discuss] http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/

On Mon, 2012-01-02 at 14:55 +0100, Christian Lohmaier wrote:
> Hi Drew, *,
>
> On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 2:15 PM, drew <drew@baseanswers.com> wrote:
> > On Sun, 2012-01-01 at 21:45 +0100, Christian Lohmaier wrote:
> > > On Sun, Jan 1, 2012 at 5:11 PM, Volker Merschmann <merschmann@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > I think this is a reasonable request. Can somebody from the
> > > > website-team with the appropriate rights please care?
> > >
> > > No - as we're currently evaluating setting up our own forum, this
> > > would be a rather strange move...
> >
> > YES
> >
> > So now what?
>
> And additional "NO" from me because of all the adds on libreofficeforum.

Yes seriously - the fact that some google ads bothers you is a perfectly
valid reason for you not to use the service - it is not your place to
make that decision for others however.

> But seriously: What is the point in adding links to other forums when
> we want to roll out our own? People cried so loud for own forums, and
> now they want links to the external ones?

> There is no point in splitting the user-base like this in my Opinion.

Fair enough, and I recognize that your position comes from your belief
that somehow choice is a bad thing - that there should one size fits all
when it comes to services - but Christian not everyone thinks the way
you do, nor I, they don't like the same things. In other words the old
saying, Different strokes for different folks, is true.

> In the past, while I was in favor of using existing forums, I was
> still against linking to libreofficeforum because of the mass of ads,
> so this point didn't change either.
> But people kept demanding own forums, now we're close to deploying them.

I'm not advocating that we stop - well, I am advocating that we stop a
BBS style form until after askBot is up and running - but from a longer
view I am not saying we do not do something official, only that it is
not appropriate to treat these other sites as if they don't exist with
regard to our infrastructure. 

> ciao
> Christian
> (only stating my personal opinions)
:) as it for myself also.

Best wishes,

//drew



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