Depends upon the focus of the thread as well right? I mean a lot of threads, like this one, will have an overwhelming prevalence of Indian people. Seems to me that labeling the average Indian developer that way just might be a tad unfair.
On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 11:46 AM, Srijayanth Sridhar <srijaya...@gmail.com>wrote: > Good points, but what I am most curious about is why this phenomenon is so > prevalent in the Indian dev community and not as pervasive elsewhere. The > ruby community is rife with apt examples. The average Indian developer will > pop up and demand answers for a really silly Rails question or something. > > Jayanth > > > On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 11:01 AM, Pradeep Gowda <prad...@btbytes.com>wrote: > >> 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 >> > > > _______________________________________________ > BangPypers mailing list > BangPypers@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers > >
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