Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: user forums ?

I understand the logic. I am not too happy about it, but there is no
perfect solution, as you pointed out.

I like the Shapado site. I am not sure we can vote up answers, which I
think is a killer feature. If that is there, it would have my blessing for
an official Q&A. I guess we can worry about migrating a little bit later,
once the thing proves to be viable.

How does that sound to everyone?

Marc-André LAVERDIÈRE
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On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 12:45 AM, Marc Paré <marc@marcpare.com> wrote:

> Le 2011-10-31 15:49, Florian Effenberger a écrit :
>
>  Hello,
> > thanks everyone for your feedback and your kind offers to help, that's
> > really much appreciated!
> >
> > As for which type to use, I must say that a "normal" forum is the only
> > way, IMHO. We've been experimenting with Nabble, and the result has been
> > rather mixed. People prefer a forum they know, nothing else. At least
> > based on my experience.
> >
> > There are several forums running. What I would like to have is one
> > "official" LibO forum, either done by us or someone else, that is open
> > for all languages, and run by a group that does not have members who
> > openly show hostility towards TDF. I am not saying that everyone does
> > so, but at least I have heard from some forums, where definitely FUD was
> > spread, and this leaves me with bad feelings.
> >
> > What I took from this thread is, that there are two options: One
> > de.openoffice.org, and the other one the LibreOffice forum.
> >
> > Anyone already got in touch with those folks? IIRC, there had been
> > discussions, with some groups, and that didn't work out - but I must
> > confess I don't know which ones.
> >
> > Honestly, my preference would be to have our own forum and see if it
> > works. If not, we tried it, and we don't lose that much.
> >
> > Florian
> I really don't think this is a case where anyone can win with any of these
> decisions. If de.openoffice.org is "awarded" the care of the LibreOffice
> maintenance of the forums, there will be those who will complain about it
> as not being a real native LibreOffice forums. If the TDF raises its own
> forums, then there will those who will complain that communities have been
> broken and all of the past discussions have been lost. The LibreOffice fork
> of OpenOffice has created a shift in community use/support and that is just
> the reality of the situation. The code base differences between LibreOffice
> and AOO will only get wider over time and LibreOffice may find itself at
> this same situation later on.
>
> Therefore, as there would be no clear way to win, it would seem to make
> the most sense for the TDF/LibreOffice to create its own forums
> infrastructure, offer and invite participation of "already established"
> interested forums related to LibreOffice. The TDF/LibreOffice forums could
> also offer to help facilitate the migration of any historical data to its
> own servers of any group wishing to join the new LibreOffice forums project.
>
> It is still early in the game for LibreOffice and it is the right time to
> move on to its own forums services. This will in effect offer our users a
> complete office suite service under the same banner that is TDF/LibreOffice.
>
> Marc
>
>
>
>
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