Re: [libreoffice-website] Forums Proposal

I do see where you are coming from with this and I actually do agree. I
think for now our main focus should be just the users for the time being.

On Sun, Oct 7, 2012 at 1:24 PM, Florian Effenberger <
floeff@documentfoundation.org> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Jonathan Aquilina wrote on 2012-10-07 13:19:
>
>  I think whats trying to be said is that some lists such as QA for instance
> > and others would need to find a home on the forums as well because not all
> > end users want to subscribe to a mailing list but woudl prefer to sign up
> > and get answers on forums. Also i think as well that forums will get more
> > community members involved as well.
>
> don't get me wrong: I don't want to render your work useless - I really do
> appreciate what you do with regards to the forums.
>
> The way I understood was that for certain *users*, mailing lists are too
> much of a barrier, and so I'd suggest we start with typical user support
> forums.
>
> Moving website, QA and other areas of working to a forum is doomed to
> fail, IMHO. I really don't feel comfortable that we start in such a big
> way, and would propose starting small and simple, only with user support
> forums, and then see where it goes.
>
> For most of the working areas, a migration to a forum doesn't make sense.
> As an example: If the barrier to enter a mailing list is too high for
> someone, how should he be involved in technical translations (l10n@),
> administration of websites (website@) or verification of bugs (qa@)?
>
> That being said, I didn't read the entire thread, but wanted to share my
> gut feeling nontheless...
>
>
> Florian
>
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