From: Ryan Leavengood <leavengood@...>
Date: 2006-06-10T03:27:07+09:00
Subject: Re: ruby-forum.com

On 6/8/06, Pistos Christou <jesusrubsyou.5.pistos@geoshell.com> wrote:
>
> As a ruby-forum.com user, I'd love to see it
> - improve
> - have issues removed
> - not disappear
> - not be disliked by an increasing percentage of ruby-talk "real MUA
> users"
> - not develop a bad reputation
>
> I feel distinctly unempowered.

All of these are nice and would be welcome. I don't see ruby-forum
disappearing anytime soon, and I think it would help EVERYONE involved
if there was a extremely prominent FAQ on the site. We get a lot of
the same questions again and again (how many times have we seen "how
do I get a class out of a string class name?") It makes no sense for
newbies to have to ask these again and again and then for we ruby-talk
people to answer them again and again. From what I have seen
ruby-forum is mostly "take" with little "give", in other words the
people who post there are usually the ones seeking answers whereas we
ruby-talk people provide those answers. I'd be interested to see a
ruby-talk question answered by someone on the ruby-forum.

The problem is the ruby-forum caters to newbies with only a few
exceptions, with most of the Ruby "experts" on ruby-talk. Therefore I
see the forum as more of a burden to the rest of us than anything
else.

If efforts can be made to change that, I know I would appreciate it.

Ryan