From: Trans <transfire@...>
Date: 2006-12-19T15:29:27+09:00
Subject: Re: where have all the experienced users gone?


Gavin Kistner wrote:
> It's just you. :p I've not noticed any such situation. I've seen a rise in new user questions, many of
> which are being handled by people other than the Top Ten Regulars (a list that exists only in my head,
> and probably comprises 15 people). Any signal to 'noise' (depending on what you're looking for) ratio
> will be affected by changes to either signal or noise. I suspect this is what's causing your perception.

yes. i'm sure that's part of it. i'm just not so sure that's all of it.
some time ago i can recall long discussions on deep topics. today they
seem very rare. and the topics themsevles seem pretty basic, yet i
don't think the overall volume has gone up that much. actually, when's
was the last ruby weekly news (http://www.rubyweeklynews.org/)? and i
recall in the few of those, tim mentioning an interesting topic and
saying "there's been no replys".

t.