The only thing that I can add to this is, I've used those forums before and I have encountered some dudes with some real stinking attitudes. Especially in the area where you "Strut your stuff". I mean, if some of the jerks in there said the stuff to my face, that they said in those forums, they'd be sucking their meals through a fucking straw, when I got done with 'em.
Just sayin' -Paleo Pat http://www.politicalbyline.com On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 12:00 PM, Paul Robinson <[email protected]>wrote: > I agree completely with you. The flame wars are immature & should be > deleted > on sight. The search is rubbish, the forum should probably use something > like VBulletin & although people might get sick of the same question being > asked it is extremely immature on the part of anyone who answers to start > attacking the asker. Just leave the post empty if you don't want to point > the person in the right direction. That's what I do. > > I Also agree with Mattias, the forums are said to be the major point of > support for WP & as such stupid questions or questions that have already > been asked get asked again, this is partly due to the poor search, but > theres no need to insult the person. > > Anyway this is my last email on this subject because I think we've gone > extremely off topic. Oh and Otto I don't think you should get premium > support for free software, but I have seen better support forums for free, > for example the Ubuntu forums. That's not a dig at WP just a hint that > maybe > things could be done to make the wp.org forums a little better. > > 2008/12/23 mrmist <[email protected]> > > > In message <[email protected] > >, > > Otto <[email protected]> writes > > > >> Unfortunately, the questions asked on the wp.org forums are, 7 out of > >> 10 times, the first result in a really obvious Google search. People > >> simply don't search for their answers. They just don't even try. > >> > >> Also, the search function on the forums really sucks (a problem with > >> searching wp.org in general), so people can't search the forums > >> easily. Google gets better results. > >> > >> > > Yep. Whilst I'm running fairly OT for this list, the main issues with the > > forum are its poor (internal) search and the shear volume of posts > combined > > with a relatively immature boards UI (compared to say vbulletin or > similar). > > > > The poor search means that the same questions get asked over and over > [1] > > > > The volume of posts means that people asking questions can get poor > quality > > or no responses. > > > > The UI just means that the forum is not quite as accessible as it should > > be. For example, I find it really odd not having the "latest post" > details > > on the front (forum index) page. > > > > Plus then of course you get the odd flame-war, but that's inevitable on > the > > internet. (Though in some cases it's fuelled by the above.) > > > > Then you've got the whole thing where there's an expectation amongst the > > wider community that people (core devs normally) should be there to > answer > > their really important question RIGHT NOW.[2] That's a whole other > story, > > and probably wouldn't be solved by a mailing list, as it's primarily an > > attitude issue. > > > > [1] And the same questions being asked over and over leads to abrupt > > responses which hit nerves with some posters. > > > > [2] And if they don't, then WordPress is rubbish, etc. > > -- > > mrmist > > > > _______________________________________________ > > wp-testers mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.automattic.com/mailman/listinfo/wp-testers > > > _______________________________________________ > wp-testers mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.automattic.com/mailman/listinfo/wp-testers > _______________________________________________ wp-testers mailing list [email protected] http://lists.automattic.com/mailman/listinfo/wp-testers
