[Xitami] Community

[Johannes Prost]

as David stated correct, say 3 different forms of communication wan't do good for the users who 
have questions and wan't do good for our great product, xitami. And as long as the messages from an 
IRC are not archived or listed for look up in some way, this communication way will be ONLY helpful 
for the ones who are  "live online". Plus the timezones problems.
A combination of webforum and mailinglist to one channel of support is in my view the best (easiest 
? ) way to achive. How to do that, I don't know right now. 

Johannes


Am 2 Feb 2005 um 21:07 hat Thomas geschrieben:

> This isn't specifically aimed at your post Johannes, but I feel I must 
> correct a common misconception: Adding an IRC channel, webforum or 
> whatever will NOT remove the mailinglist. It will still be here, it will 
> still be used. The other tools are there to improve on the Xitami 
> community, not degrade it.
> 
> The more methods we have available for communication, the better. A lot 
> of people hate mailinglists, a lot of people can't stand forums and 
> quite a lot believe IRC to be the work of the devil. It is impossible to 
> satisfy everybody, so why not enable Xitami users to use whatever form 
> they personally feel best?
> 
> Of course it would be best if the people behind Xitami just took care of 
> all this and made the best information hub ever, but seeing as that 
> probably wont happen, I believe it is up to us users to take the helm 
> and move the community forward.
> 
> Here's my opinion:
> 
> IRC chat > Great!
> Webforum > Great!
> Mailinglist > Great!
> 
> Why this reluctance to try something new? If it fails, we can always 
> fall back to the current system. It's not the end of the world.  :o)
> 
> Sincerely,
> Thomas
> 
> 
> Johannes Prost wrote:
> 
> >Hello Members,
> >
> >here my opinion to this discussion
> >
> >IRC chat > absolute not
> >webforum > ok, accepted
> >mailinglist > preferred
> >
> >I had a look at the archives and the only thing which is missing for convenience sake is, to mak
e
> >it easier to search. I'm with this list now for a bit over a year, and i can't get rid  of the
> >assumption that, as Ted pointed out, there are a lot people subscribed and lurking this list, bu
t
> >they are not "active" members. Why should the behavior change with a IRC or webforum ? Would tho
se
> >people more willing to help and give answers because we would have now a forum or IRC ?
> >
> >I'm not familiar with php, perl, cgi, to be able to answer the questions as I would like to, but

> >the ones I can, I try to. And with a mailinglist I can stay in the same way tuned as with a
> >webforum. I can only read the mail (answer) as soon as it is sent, not earlier ! Those 30/ 60
> >seconds difference, hey come on, that's even nonsense to argue about. And in regards to IRC; wha
t's
> >about timezones ???? Is everyone really sitting 24/7 in front of the computer to make sure to ca
tch
> >every message which arrives ? What is then about the not so active members i mentioned earlier ?

> >What is the one sitting 24/7 waiting for ??
> >
> >I'm in no way upset or disappointed, but those are only some objective views/thoughts I want to

> >through into this discussion. The "newest and fanciest" stuff is not every time the best what it

> >looks in the first place.
> >
> >Johannes
> >
> >
> >
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