On 08/05/2009, Dag Wieers <dag at centos.org> wrote: > I think we need to see with our #centos IRC moderators if and what we can > do about it. But it is obvious that not getting any response is hard to > fix :) > > My personal opinion is that IRC is not the best strategy if you want a > good reaction from the community. And my experience (on both sides of the > fence) is that an IRC user typically wants immediate answers and often has > unrealistic expectations. Not seldom a user left the channel before I was > able to provide him with an answer... > > So google, wiki, mailinglist and forums (in that order) Some of us would re-arrange that order -- google, wiki, fora and mailinglist -- but each to { her | his } own. ;-) Alan. (Writing as Akemi's / toracat's represenative.)