From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JH1Mt-0007LD-6q for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 21 Jan 2008 18:27:35 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9CF99E027F; Mon, 21 Jan 2008 18:27:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 75B28E027F for ; Mon, 21 Jan 2008 18:27:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from gentoo.org (xray.science.oregonstate.edu [128.193.220.51]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8915E654D3; Mon, 21 Jan 2008 18:27:32 +0000 (UTC) Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 10:27:29 -0800 From: Donnie Berkholz To: Steve Long Cc: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-project] Re: Plan, then communicate (no-list) Message-ID: <20080121182729.GD7078@comet.science.oregonstate.edu> References: <20080120215706.GA16357@redwoodscientific.com> <20080120233809.GA18052@redwoodscientific.com> <200801201908.07265.vapier@gentoo.org> <20080121015439.GA18636@redwoodscientific.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Project discussion list X-BeenThere: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) X-Archives-Salt: f09cb2dc-11b3-4481-8ac3-c2907212dabe X-Archives-Hash: 80d7f3a769138098f411a1677a7c7ca1 On 18:19 Mon 21 Jan , Steve Long wrote: > I could and I would; forum users see their accounts similarly to how gentoo > devs view their @g.org badges. Spammers are soon dealt with, so that anyone > who has posted more than 50 posts (not counting OTW) and been a member for > more than 3 months is not a bot. Let's say there's 100,000 active users. In > a poll say 5% of votes are fraudulent. It can be factored into the > calculation of significance. And when 90% say they don't like the way they > get treated by Gentoo devs, there is a real issue. Call it communicaton, > call it what you want, it's a real and valid concern. > > And IMO it holds Gentoo back. I think it could hold Gentoo's userbase from growing at the same rate, and I think it has little effect on Gentoo's progress in the technical sense (development, etc.). Thanks, Donnie -- gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org mailing list