On 7/13/2011 3:25 PM, William L. Thomson Jr. wrote: > Why don't you step up and do something rather than come against those > doing it all, for what benefit or gain?
Participating in discussion (rather than killing it) is "doing something", isn't it? Or, does it not measure at all on your geek's street-cred-o-meter? Do I need to patch Gentoo somehow to earn the right to speak? And why is disagreeing with you equivalent to "coming against" you? Ask yourself why, given some people who actively expressed an interest in FB or any other channel, you did not "step up", harness and recruit their energy? The "step up" discussion device is a well-known, passive-aggressive way to control unwanted discussion. I don't think that if I supported your "Go IRC or go home!" position, you'd have told me to "step up". So, if I understand, unless one is in the group actively "stepping up", whatever that means to you, one shouldn't speak at all? > Quite many users these days are not even running Linux. FOSS software > is on everything, Yeah, but this is a LINUX user group, no? > and unless your paying a company for support. Your turning to the > community, and to chat with that community. Really is no other option > than IRC. Sometimes, you just want to shoot the breeze, in real-time or not. Sometimes you want to actively broadcast an event. Sometimes, you want to relate a link or an online article and engender positive discussion. Building a community is NOT JUST about immediate Q&A via IRC. > Again you are speaking from your own experience. A leading company in > the financial transaction processing software, based in Gainsville. > Their second form of contact for user support is IRC. You would be blown > away by what companies run this software. > > http://www.monetra.com/content/support.html That's neat. But, you are missing the point in your desire to keep face. I don't think anyone is saying we should not have IRC/chat. I like IRC. I use IRC. But, people are saying we should probably be employing chat AND more common and/or approachable tools if you want to ensure you are reaching as many potential members as possible. -- _________________________________ *PAUL TISEO, President* *METACODE* Studios, Inc. [email protected] PH: (904) 994-7029 http://www.metacodestudios.com/
