06-15-2004, 11:56 PM
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ok i am off! i'll keep my mount shut from now on.
you guys are happy now?!
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06-20-2004, 04:33 AM
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Originally Posted by JvanEkris
Problem is that if you let people ask questions for the 10.000.000 time, the board loses it's informative value because it basically becomes a broken down recordplayer. It is absolutely useless. Biggest problem is that the real interesting questions get burried underneath tons of "how do i...." questions that were answered a couple of hundred times before.
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Well, as a counterpoint, I find the every-so-often repetition not overwhelming, and moreover, the answers to frequently-asked-questions actually change over time, so having certain issues revisited isn't that much of a problem.
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06-20-2004, 11:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Janak Parekh
Well, as a counterpoint, I find the every-so-often repetition not overwhelming, and moreover, the answers to frequently-asked-questions actually change over time, so having certain issues revisited isn't that much of a problem.
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I partially agree. However, when now insights arise isn't it much more effective to post it in the one thread that deals with that particular subject, effectively alerting ALL people involved.
Let me give you a real-life example: "Synchronisation with Lotus Notes". The question gets asked about once a month. we systematically move discussion to the (in the mean time gigantic) thread of "How to sync with Lotus Notes". The result is that people dealing with this subject are alerted through the mail-notification, actively reminding them of the fact that a subject of their interest is "Moving". This could be because people ran into trouble (these people can help) or that somebody found out a new way to do this (all people that actively took interest in this thread get new options).
In the way you propose you have about one thread a month regarding the subject. All of them having about 99,99% the same contents. The result is that almost all interested people start to overlook these threads: people are generally lazy and do not answer a question for the 10th time and start skipping the topics because they do not give new insights. Basically that is what is proposed by Kati. Problem is that when something does arise, it is not noticed by all those people because they are skipping the threads, resulting in a far less effective communication of this news.......
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06-21-2004, 05:01 AM
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This has got to be the most "much ado about nothing" topic in the history of PPCT. I understand the point of a discussion board is to discuss, but come on people. Its not a difficult concept, you don't want to read a topic, DON'T! Really, its just not that hard.
I'll give you an example. I won't read any topic that only has "Help" as the title. In my opinion, if you're asking for help you should give your potential audience a better idea of what the problem is BEFORE they read the post. When I see those threads, I simply don't read them. It really is v-e-r-y easy.
Give it a try!
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06-21-2004, 08:53 AM
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Originally Posted by shawnc
This has got to be the most "much ado about nothing" topic in the history of PPCT. I understand the point of a discussion board is to discuss, but come on people. Its not a difficult concept, you don't want to read a topic, DON'T! Really, its just not that hard.
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Why don't you follow your own advice and skip this thread then. As it is clear that you are not interested in this conversation.
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06-21-2004, 04:46 PM
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Originally Posted by JvanEkris
Why don't you follow your own advice and skip this thread then. As it is clear that you are not interested in this conversation.
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I thought that might be coming. Good advice :wink:.
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06-21-2004, 04:54 PM
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5000+ Posts? I Should OWN This Site!
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Originally Posted by shawnc
This has got to be the most "much ado about nothing" topic in the history of PPCT. I understand the point of a discussion board is to discuss, but come on people. Its not a difficult concept, you don't want to read a topic, DON'T! Really, its just not that hard.
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Why don't you follow your own advice and skip this thread then. As it is clear that you are not interested in this conversation. |
Or it might be that he *is* interested in the conversation and wanted to voice his opinion on the matter.  |
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06-25-2004, 01:34 AM
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Magi
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I could swear that this thread was locked a couple of minutes ago ..
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06-25-2004, 01:58 AM
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5000+ Posts? I Should OWN This Site!
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iirc, when I saw Kati's post above yours when I got the email notification about it, it wasn't. But (again, iirc) I saw it locked once before that point.
Now: Luke, use the search! :mrgreen:
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