On 29 October 2017 at 15:59, Carlos E. R.
In the current case (which I did not initiate), posting in an "obscure" contributor mail list would not be seen by the community at large. And it is the community which is saying they don't like the home page.
If you think that opensuse@opensuse.org represents the 'community at large' you are sorely, sorely, painfully, dismally, mistaken. Let's ignore the fact that, ultimately, feedback only functions when contributors act on them, and the number of heavily active contributors on this list can probably be counted on both of my hands. Let's also ignore the fact that despite worldwide openSUSE events with attendances numbering in the hundreds, and openSUSE presences at other FOSS events with attendances numbering in the thousands, the number of opensuse@ subscribers I've met face to face can be counted on one hand. Let's just look at some cold, hard, numbers We know that this list has 1242 subscribers This compares to the following other communities, each of which have a broader "general discussions about openSUSE" topic by design, other than the intended "support" focus of this list - 4814 subscribers to the openSUSE reddit community - 14.8 _thousand_ members of the openSUSE group on facebook - 29.5 _thousand_ followers of the openSUSE group on Google+ - 38 _thousand_ members of the openSUSE forums - 56.2 _thousand_ subscribers of the openSUSE feed on twitter In the grand scheme of things, this mailinglist, at best, represents a small fraction of the community. As someone who tries his best to keep a broad overview of the feedback we get from all of the above channels, it's fair to say that repeatedly this relatively small list, is repeatedly the outlyier when it comes to feedback. When the feedback for something is overwhelmingly positive from most quarters, it's not unusual for this list to be full of angry critique or negativity. When the feedback for something is overwhelmingly negative from most quarters, leading to the Project making serious changes as a result, it is not unusual for this list to be full of angry critique or negativity fighting for things to stay as they are. I'm not judging whether this list or the thousands of other people who actively discuss the project in alternatives to this list are right or wrong. Everyone is entitled to their opinion. But you should have a clear understanding of just how significant that opinion is, and should be, in the broader context of the overall openSUSE Project. There is no way, at all, this list can be fairly described as representative of the community 'at large'. Period. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org