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<[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.
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mrmist
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