Yes, however what oyu don't see is how many people DON'T do the forums for
assistance. Meaning the people that use google first. Personally I don't
like to sign up for a forum for minor things that should be documented
elsewhere. A forum and/or mailing list is the last place as I prefer not to
sign up for more things I have to remember username and passwords for.
Things like OpenID may change this, but in general I agree having a strong
documentation and THEN forums or other communities seems a better choice to
me.
Not to say that the option doesn't already exist on linux-audio.org Just
that when it comes to choosing what to spend time on, it should be
considered. Personally ont he forum I moderate that is Linux related, I
find myself wishing more and more I had put the time forth to set up a
strong documentation web page of questions I frequently see there so that i
can point people to said documentation. The key of course is strong and
well written, but it can then also point people where to go to learn more.
I hope that rambling was at least coherent. It wasn't just me expressing
personal beliefs, but also trying to express a different point of view and
reasons for it.
Seablade
On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 4:23 PM, Ivica Ico Bukvic <ico@email-addr-hidden> wrote:
> > > You can make linuxaudio.org 'alive' when you put also a forum on the
> > > site. When there's a active forum, more people will visit the site and
> > > more people will find the site, cause now it isn't very clear for
> > > newbies where to go...
> >
> > I don't do forums. They are clumsy and worthless things compared to the
> > sleek efficiency of mailing lists.
> >
> > When I'm a newbie, I don't look for forums - I look for wikis.
>
> While I appreciate your thoughts on this matter, the keyword here is "we"
> as
> in community, not "I" as in my personal tastes. In other words, while some
> (many?) of us may not care much for forums, others may, including
> newbies--see Ubuntu forums for instance.
>
> Lao site has addition of forums on the long-term roadmap, so I think
> having
> this as part of lao is something I would very much like to encourage.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Ico
>
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