On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 12:31 AM, Sridhar Ratnakumar<sridhar.ra...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 3:22 AM, Srijayanth Sridhar<srijaya...@gmail.com> > wrote:
> I don't know the reasons either, but would like to know too. > > I often think the best way to handle such posters is to momentarily > divert the topic of the conversation to their own interest-level, > curiosity and self-learning . </snip>.. I think it's best to ignore mails from users who do not care enough to use their real name/nick while asking questions. The user in question introduced himself as prasad, but we scan mail titles before reading mail content. Most people wouldn't care to read a mail from "testing123 test<swtest...@gmail.com>", let alone answer it. Online forums are just like real life communities, where people judge you by what you say and how you say it. It's hard to relate to a anonymous, faceless name like "testing 123". Use your real name. [1] If the same question is asked by some one who "appears" to be a real person, it might still be worth answering them, at the same time also pointing them to a net etiquette link [2]. In good faith, we can assume that the user in question is really new to using forums/mailing lists etc., Over time, most people do learn how to do their home work and in turn ask smart questions. I'll see whether our membership welcome messages can be improved to reflect this. Happy hacking, Pradeep [1] http://informationarchitects.jp/use-your-real-name-when-you-comment/ [2] http://catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html _______________________________________________ BangPypers mailing list BangPypers@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers
