Conversation started May 6, 2012 at 9:10.
Jacob Johan Edwards
Jacob Johan Edwards
May 6, 2012 09:10
Thought for the day
AskUbuntu and AskDifferent are the only large Stack Exchanges with no minimum assumption of knowledge.
We are not "Q&A for experts". We are "Q&A for everyone", and frequently "Q&A-driven tech support".
Many problems with AskUbuntu — its low quality questions, its small middle class, its muted downvote culture — may be incurable.
At least under current constraints.
We are a inclusive community using software tuned for exclusiveness.
StackExchange tries to thresh out and bury chaff. Ubuntu attracts people inclined to pick it up.
jokerdino
jokerdino
You were typing this out the whole time?
Jacob Johan Edwards
Jacob Johan Edwards
I'm very fast.
Oh, forgot the translation for Jorge
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Thanks you, GNU coreutils. od file.txt
aking1012
aking1012
@jokerdino I think it might have been at least partially related to me referring you to the docs
jokerdino
jokerdino
I wonder..
Jacob Johan Edwards
Jacob Johan Edwards
Nah, just some unorganized thoughts of mine after reading this question: askubuntu.com/questions/132502/installation-of-gimp-2-8
On StackOverflow, I would downvote that question fourteen words in, and close the tab.
But in the context of this community, my response is different.
aking1012
aking1012
May 6, 2012 09:17
true enough. it's just broken is more acceptable here
jokerdino
jokerdino
it's a little sad yeah
Jacob Johan Edwards
Jacob Johan Edwards
Does SE actually work for tech support...?
jokerdino
jokerdino
@aking I am trying to do something. But I can't. I don't know what I should be doing.. :(
@JacobJohanEdwards We are part of the experiment.
At least we are better off than Parenting
Jacob Johan Edwards
Jacob Johan Edwards
Yes, but it feels like certain things should be tuned differently for our needs
For example, Chat requires 20 rep. I really think we could handle issues like this better if we could immediately pull guys like this into chat
aking1012
aking1012
You can
Jacob Johan Edwards
Jacob Johan Edwards
May 6, 2012 09:20
I can? He's under 20 rep...?
aking1012
aking1012
Invite them in and grant the explicit write access
jokerdino
jokerdino
What he says ^
aking1012
aking1012
I've done it with a 1 rep user
Jacob Johan Edwards
Jacob Johan Edwards
Okay, well that's one place where I was wrong. There may be hope for us yet!
aking1012
aking1012
The process could be simpler, but it does exist.
They usually don't click OK when you invite them though
Jacob Johan Edwards
Jacob Johan Edwards
May 6, 2012 09:22
Ah.
It would also help us if Ubuntu itself were less frequently broken
aking1012
aking1012
:/
Jacob Johan Edwards
Jacob Johan Edwards
I mean, update problems do happen... quite a bit...
jokerdino
jokerdino
Or if people stopped following guides meant for Badger
But increasingly, people are getting smarter.
aking1012
aking1012
Might need to change the word chat to X wants to help you. Is this okay? just a thought
jokerdino
jokerdino
Earlier, I dug out 200+ unmet dependency questions.
yeah, may be a button to do that automatically?
like invite user to chat and give write access, etc.
aking1012
aking1012
May 6, 2012 09:26
that too...without a chain of a thousand comments
jokerdino
jokerdino
well then, i might visit meta.SO and write a post.
if none of you beat me that is.
 
Conversation ended May 6, 2012 at 9:27.