Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Gentoos community communication rant

[Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@gmail.com>]

Apparently, though unproven, at 18:48 on Tuesday 07 September 2010, Al did 
opine thusly:

> > I'm afraid you lost me there.  Why does it matter where the archive is?
> 
> Sure, it is most important to have an archive at all. When using a
> newsreader the minimun I do is to scan the headers of the past, to
> avoid the discussion of a solved question. That is faster then
> openenig a webbrowser to search an archive. When subscribing to a
> mailinglist, I don't even know the topics of yesterday.
> 
> Al


Dude, 

Do you comprehend the simplicity of what folk here are telling you?

We do not have a news service because we[1] do not feel we need one and do not 
desire one. Therefore it is *highly* unlikely there will be one. You can use 
gmane. 'kthanxforplayingbye

Hardly anyone here is listening to you or taking you seriously, and here's 
why:

You are self-confessed new to Linux and Volker already spotted by are likely 
new to Linux as well. You are not (yet) part of this community for real, and 
you have no street cred in this meritocracy. What you need to do now is

- build up a posting history
- to do that you need experience
- to do that you need to ask and listen
- then help others in turn

I've been here for 4 years. I'm one of the conceited loud-mouths and I still 
get myself regularly bitch-slapped by people who are just as good as I am. 
From that position, I actually feel quite personally offended by your 
attitude. I've earned some of my attitude stripes. You have yet to begin.


[1] In this context, "we" shall be understood to mean "the majority, by common 
consensus"
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