From: Hal Fulton <hal9000@...>
Date: 2006-08-26T08:48:58+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby-Lang Redesign Feedback

darren kirby wrote:
> 
> It is human-nature to post responses here. Place a semi-valuable object in 
> some public space with a note in big letters that says "DON'T touch this" and 
> see how long it takes to disappear. 
> 
> A job announcement is a service to us, soliciting feedback is a service to  
> them (ie: site designers). While I can appreciate that the site designers 
> want the discussion centralized I think that if they want "feedback about the 
> content of the new Web site" they should make it easy for folks to do so. As 
> in, don't require them to join a totally separate mailing list, presumably 
> temporarily, just to give the feedback THEY are soliciting.
> 
> 2 cents...

Agreed. In fact, I think despite their request, it's still permissible
to discuss the design here (with the caveat that the designers may not
see it).

Free speech, and all that.

But of course, if you are talking *to the designers*, you should discuss
in the place they requested.

On top of that, discussion is sometimes mixed with meta-discussion. ;)


Hal