Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2009 17:55:32 -0500 From: Erik Osterholm <freebsd-lists-erik@erikosterholm.org> To: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Flamewar ( was: Sponsoring FreeBSD) Message-ID: <20090602225532.GA88740@barragry.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0906030027250.45491@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> References: <4688025620918128507458768288443306245-Webmail@me.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0906022312230.45116@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20090602215339.GA86750@barragry.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0906030027250.45491@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
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On Wed, Jun 03, 2009 at 12:34:55AM +0200, Wojciech Puchar wrote: > > Any person might look at people in the community and decide that they > > don't want to be a part of that community after all. That's why it > > Just reread this and, ... don't you think it's quite like a good filter? > > I don't talk about sponsors, but a new potential users. > > If someone needs good unix, he/she will try it and join us. As i said > before if he/she agrees with maillist users personal opinions doesn't > matter at all. Rather if you can get answer to questions about FreeBSD. > You can, even easier if some moderation would be present here. Considering that the mailing list is one of the few places where support exists, I don't know that I can agree with you. Also, I don't think that an artificial filter or barrier-to-entry is desirable, in general. If a person needs good unix, but they don't learn well by reading technical documentation, a good community can be highly beneficial. Personally, I wouldn't want to discriminate against users for this. > Some people may want both, but well you can't have everything. It's not > possible to everyone will agree with everyone on mailing list, and with > every potential new user. I know that disagreeing is inevitable. My position is that a pleasant tone would be nice. An example of a harsh tone (one which I haven't seen on here) is telling someone to RTFM. Another example (which I have seen on here) is people who just enjoy arguing turning reasonable threads into flamewars. > This keeps the system's quality high. I politely disagree. I doubt that a harsh community does anything to maintain a high-quality system. Erik
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