Comments on: Are you sure you want to post that in the forum? http://sulz.wordpress.com/2007/03/11/are-you-sure-you-want-to-post-that-in-the-forum/ blogging gobbledygook and such Sun, 12 Oct 2008 17:55:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 By: Edseverripit http://sulz.wordpress.com/2007/03/11/are-you-sure-you-want-to-post-that-in-the-forum/#comment-5423 Edseverripit Sun, 11 Mar 2007 01:56:25 +0000 http://sulz.wordpress.com/2007/03/10/are-you-sure-you-want-to-post-that-in-the-forum/#comment-5423 Well, about the whole Do This Yourself thing to Help Yourself, it's trial and error all the way for me. Politeness is nice also; gotta remember that there is a person behind the monitor and keyboard :) <strong>sulz: trial and error is good, because you tend to learn better when you make mistakes. yes, and people have to remember that the person behind the monitor is not the cause of your blogging troubles, they're just there to help the best they can.</strong> Well, about the whole Do This Yourself thing to Help Yourself, it’s trial and error all the way for me. Politeness is nice also; gotta remember that there is a person behind the monitor and keyboard :)

sulz: trial and error is good, because you tend to learn better when you make mistakes. yes, and people have to remember that the person behind the monitor is not the cause of your blogging troubles, they’re just there to help the best they can.

]]> By: engtech http://sulz.wordpress.com/2007/03/11/are-you-sure-you-want-to-post-that-in-the-forum/#comment-5422 engtech Sat, 10 Mar 2007 19:01:24 +0000 http://sulz.wordpress.com/2007/03/10/are-you-sure-you-want-to-post-that-in-the-forum/#comment-5422 I would love it if they put something in there that didn't let you post unless your account had a wordpress.com blog associated with it. I know they can't do it because the forums are also used for Akismet, but still. That would wipe out 30% of the forum posts, easily. Please be polite is so important too. There's nothing worse than those few who are very frustrated and running off at the mouth when the solution is usually that they don't understand how things work. <strong>sulz: maybe they could put like a little survey before proceeding to the thread composing editor - first page would ask <em>do you own a wp.com blog?</em>, second page <em>have you tried searching the faq?</em>, a few more pages like this before showing the user the page to compose their thread. does it matter how much forum posts are wiped out, when that only ensures the ones received are of valid blogging troubleshooting? you're right, they probably won't anything about this. politeness is the absolute!</strong> I would love it if they put something in there that didn’t let you post unless your account had a wordpress.com blog associated with it.

I know they can’t do it because the forums are also used for Akismet, but still. That would wipe out 30% of the forum posts, easily.

Please be polite is so important too. There’s nothing worse than those few who are very frustrated and running off at the mouth when the solution is usually that they don’t understand how things work.

sulz: maybe they could put like a little survey before proceeding to the thread composing editor - first page would ask do you own a wp.com blog?, second page have you tried searching the faq?, a few more pages like this before showing the user the page to compose their thread.

does it matter how much forum posts are wiped out, when that only ensures the ones received are of valid blogging troubleshooting? you’re right, they probably won’t anything about this.

politeness is the absolute!

]]> By: timethief http://sulz.wordpress.com/2007/03/11/are-you-sure-you-want-to-post-that-in-the-forum/#comment-5420 timethief Sat, 10 Mar 2007 17:53:58 +0000 http://sulz.wordpress.com/2007/03/10/are-you-sure-you-want-to-post-that-in-the-forum/#comment-5420 Well said but I'm afraid it's like shouting into the wind. ;) <strong>sulz: so true, sadly. you think if this could be stickied at the forums? would probably make a catchier title than what is there right now... </strong> Well said but I’m afraid it’s like shouting into the wind. ;)

sulz: so true, sadly. you think if this could be stickied at the forums? would probably make a catchier title than what is there right now…

]]> By: sayonaratosilence http://sulz.wordpress.com/2007/03/11/are-you-sure-you-want-to-post-that-in-the-forum/#comment-5418 sayonaratosilence Sat, 10 Mar 2007 16:42:45 +0000 http://sulz.wordpress.com/2007/03/10/are-you-sure-you-want-to-post-that-in-the-forum/#comment-5418 I have a FAQ, what is a wordpress.com blog? lol. ;) you always have a good blog site going on. <strong>sulz: eh, didn't you read what have written above? basically, we're having wp.com blogs - we are hosted by wp, most of the techie part of blogging has been done for us (ie themes, stats etc). our counterparts are people who use the free wp blogging software at their self-hosted blogs, where they have total control of how customised they want their blog to be, the techie part of the blog, that is. thank you, what a lovely compliment to start sunday morning with!</strong> I have a FAQ, what is a wordpress.com blog? lol. ;)

you always have a good blog site going on.

sulz: eh, didn’t you read what have written above? basically, we’re having wp.com blogs - we are hosted by wp, most of the techie part of blogging has been done for us (ie themes, stats etc). our counterparts are people who use the free wp blogging software at their self-hosted blogs, where they have total control of how customised they want their blog to be, the techie part of the blog, that is.

thank you, what a lovely compliment to start sunday morning with!

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