[openbeos] Re: a rant on improving the web forums
- From: Helmar Rudolph <news@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2006 23:29:23 +0200
Jonas wrote:
> Web forums are a bit weird. The have the potential of being long-
> lasting archives, veritable sources of wisdom, yet people treat them as
> if they were instant messaging systems, with the same low-latency /
> info fragmenting, snippeting / poor quality communication, IMO.
>
> While I recognize the need to socialise, the seemingly opposed goal of
> ending up with quality *information*, which can be searched, read and *
> used* later on, must be prioritized, at least on the official Haiku
> website.
> */
Blowing my own horn, but for many newbies, systems like
Qunu.com or to an extent Beshare could be of tremendous help.
The persistence of 'help information' is something we're
working on at the moment.
http://alpha.qunu.com
I'm already registered as Haiku 'expert'. I know John
Drinkwater is too. Are you?
Helmar
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