Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 22:39:25 -0700 From: "Jeremiah Gowdy" <jgowdy@home.com> To: "Ron Rosson" <insane@lunatic.oneinsane.net>, <advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: FreeBSD and IRC Message-ID: <000901bfb3f8$c6d6f220$5a5d0418@vista1.sdca.home.com> References: <20000501183644.A75942@lunatic.oneinsane.net>
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>After awhile the channel got a little busier. A guy greeted and asked if > anyone had heard if such and such a hardware was supported. One of the > operators asked if he had checked the website. the gentlemen responded > with a yes and that he also checked the /usr/src/sys/conf/i386/LINT file > as well. The operator responded with a smart-ass remark and some > vulgarity. and then banned the gentlemen. > > Now I know IRC is not an official place to get help for FreeBSD. But it > going thru its moments where people are helpful and not. But the thing > is it is easy to get to and it has some interaction in semi-real time. > It is a public forum just as much as HTTP and NNTP. With that in mind > there could be a little hint of advocacy in the channel instead of some > people with arrogance and the power of the '@'. > > Just something to think about. No, just something to think about would be this. There IS a help channel for FreeBSD on EfNet in which it IS safe to ask questions. It's called #freebsdhelp. The people asking for help in #freebsd are violating the channel rules and are defeating the whole purpose of having #freebsdhelp. Next time you see people asking for help in #freebsd, refer them to #freebsdhelp before they get banned. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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