Hi John; On Thu, 2008-01-17 at 09:19 -0800, John Poelstra wrote: > Robert P. J. Day said the following on 01/16/2008 10:57 PM Pacific Time: > > On Wed, 16 Jan 2008, John Poelstra wrote: > > > >> Karl Larsen said the following on 01/16/2008: > > > > ... snip ... > > > >> Hi, > >> > >> May I kindly suggest that you get a blog and put stuff like this > >> there? Most people reading this list are not looking for news about > >> your computer or your personal daily diary [1]. > > > > you're new here, aren't you, john? :-) > > > > rday > > -- > > Not new, just tired of seeing so much "troll bait" on this list and > hoping we can raise the level of discussion and quality of some of the > posts :) > > I believe that maintaining the quality of our conversations and keeping > the Fedora community appealing to outsiders is important. Do we really > want this list to gain a permanent reputation of not being a useful > place to spend your time where the "signal to noise ratio" is poor? > > John I use the number and length of OT as a measure of the success of the latest Fedora release. The sooner the OT starts and the greater the number of replies, usually means fewer problems to report and fix. I confess to enjoying -- usually late at night when I don't really want to start something new -- the community blather that takes place. Gossip, ribbing each other, righteous indignation, exchange of OT information and speculation can be important glues to building a community that can be counted on when something really goes wrong. -- Regards Bill
