Re: [tdf-discuss] LibreOfficeForum.org is now functioning

Hello Sam,

Sam schrieb:

> Hmmm, I kind of think that there is a need for different forums.
> LibreOffice and OpenOffice are two different projects

That´s not what I understand. LibreOffice is the further development 
of OpenOffice.org. It´s not a different project. Except Oracle, it´s 
the same people.

> > looks great, but there are more advertisements than contents....
>
> I hope you're exaggerating about the ads!

The statement about the ratio of content and ads is not from me. 
It´s from jamesmikedupont@googlemail.com

> Sorry, but
> the hard truth of the matter is that community forums for large projects
> are very expensive.

As a proof of the contrary http://de.openoffice.info is free of ads.

> > (3) Why force forum users to sign up and create an account? At least
> > http://de.openoffice.org has been running for many years without the
> > need for users to sign up. AFAIK there is no bad experience about that.
>
> I tried this for a long time on one forum, but allowing posts without
> registration just leads to nonstop spam.

As a proof of the contrary http://de.openoffice.info does not 
require user registration. Spam is avoided by CAPTCHA.

Please don´t get me wrong: I do not condemn the offer of yet another 
forum. I am sure, this is meant as a support for the development of 
our community, which we are witnessing right now. But I doubt that 
it´s needed and that it´s worth the effort, since there is good 
experience with the existing.

Stefan

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