Re: Octave should create a forum

[edmund ronald]

Stack Overthrow seems to be the Silicon Valley solution; I see a lot of rules-chasers explaining why  queries or answers are not technically appropriate. we might want something more mellow, creating a collective memory.

On Saturday, January 4, 2020, Carnë Draug <address@hidden> wrote:
> On Tue, 31 Dec 2019 at 20:19, Mike Miller <address@hidden> wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 11:02:54 -0600, GoSim wrote:
> > > [...]
> > > A real forum, not like nabble which is more like a backup for a mailing list
> > > and with a horrible user interface. I think it would be good for your
> > > community and would increase activity with more questions and answers and
> > > info in general.
> >
> > I agree that nabble is just a shoddy front end for the mailing list and
> > I can't recommend anyone use it. I also agree that a modern discussion
> > forum might lower the barrier to entry for new users to participate in
> > the community. I am a seasoned free software participant, and even I
> > find mailing lists tedious and a little arcane.
> >
>
> The point being raised here is that a forum "would increase activity
> with more questions and answers" but what features in the forum would
> actually enable that?  This should help in make a better choice, not
> only whether we should get a forum or not, but also what type of
> forum.  You mentioned discourse and GoSim mentioned phpBB (freecad
> forum) which are very different.
>
> The point also mentions "questions and answers" which for me means a
> Q&A site, just like Juan already suggested.  I actually quite like
> them.  There is an octave tag on StackOverflow which I check almost
> daily and there's a few constant people answering questions there:
>
>     https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/octave
>
> So maybe start from there?