Jim Henderson wrote:
On Wed, 21 Jul 2010 00:01:13 +1000, Basil Chupin wrote:
My personal view is that forums are patronised by people who are happy to hide behind avatars and funny aliases whereas mail lists are patronised by the more serious people.
That may be your personal view, but I'd just point out that there are those of us who access the forums via NNTP rather than the web interface, and there are also those of us who are "serious" and use our real names. :-)
IOW, I'd avoid painting with broad brush strokes. :-)
In defence of Basil, I think his description was actually pretty accurate, with the appropriate exceptions to prove him right. Webfora users do appear to have a fondness of avatars and fun[nk]y aliases. I assume it is something that has evolved with the media. -- Per Jessen, Zürich (30.1°C) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org