Randicus wrote:I am not presumptuous enough to speak for others, but I my mind, when the people in charge ignore the board, for all intents and purposes, it is abandoned.
Birdy wrote:Will forums.debian.net recover? I doubt it.
Beginners face a language problem: they can't ask questions because they don't know what the words mean, they can't know what the words mean until they can successfully use the system, and they can't successfully use the system because they can't ask questions.
lou wrote:lack of interest in learning [GNU/] Linux...
'googling' is an alien concept...
instant gratification is the norm of the day
lou wrote:Noobies pissing in the soup...
some of them have never been to debian.org,
know nothing of the Social Contract...
their Microsoft habits is all they practice.
Bulkley wrote: I think a bigger threat is a combination of hand held devices and social media. People are gravitating away from desktops and traditional forums. Desktops and forums will be around for a while yet but they don't dominate computing like they did a couple of years ago.
vbrummond wrote:If the time comes that this place no longer becomes interesting to visit, I will probably just start frequenting irc instead.
/tmp wrote:Thus far in my life I have found the above mentioned issues to be indicative of a flawed social and traditional educational system rather than specific to computing. What I have observed is that some people are unmotivated to do anything because that is the attitude they have inherited from their elders and/or peers.
Through patience, a positive attitude and compassion we can help break this cycle.
Bulkley wrote:The doppelganger, as the OP calls it, only gets a couple of posts per day. I don't know why anyone sees it as a threat to this forum. I think a bigger threat is a combination of hand held devices and social media. People are gravitating away from desktops and traditional forums. Desktops and forums will be around for a while yet but they don't dominate computing like they did a couple of years ago.
Birdy wrote:...You being an example for an exception of that general rule, saulgoode too, Computer Bob posts every other day too ... there are a few who are still around)...
curtaintwitcher wrote:There is a "profile" of the kind of person who gets on the wrong side of some of the particularly grouchy forum regulars e.g. someone who arrives from one of the derivative distros, he wants the same tools/apps as that distro and complains that they aren't there, he is ungrateful, critical, demanding, wants spoon fed assistance... for years this site had a "system" where the users themselves would deal with such people through sheer force of personality. Whether good or bad those days are long gone.
mez wrote:There is no need for further discussion over this matter.
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