Hi Laura >It doesn't kind of feel right saying nothing when someone gives me >a rather lengthly answer, unless it was the tacit agreement.
Feedback is appreciated. Thanks for asking. >So i'm facing questions whether or not to make a post, because i'm not sure >which are the >right/usual manners for this particular mail-list form of >communication. Every mailing list is slightly different. Some have many posts, some have little. Some are very focused, others less so. In general, the regulars will let you know if something doesn't fit well. You can see how that works in the pharo-dev list in the InfoWorld on Redline Smalltalk thread, where Marcus asks if he should create a pharo-talk mailing list. That was an indirect way to say that the discussion should probably move elsewhere. After repeating it and getting some support for it, the discussion started moving. >My questions boils down to : how/when to provide feedback? >If for example i ask a question and receive answers from three people. >Should i always answer back >...commenting whether if it worked or not? >...only if it didn't solve my problem or if i had something >useful for solving it to add? (like Stack Overflow) This is the list of an open source community. Open source thrives on appreciation. In SO, people can show appreciation by voting. The strict moderation makes it very difficult to create a community. You can see that in the meta site of SO. We have worldwide participants, so a hiatus of a day (or a weekend) in discussions is expected. We like feedback. Feedback motivates. >Should i answer back in a separate post to each of them or in a single post to >all? >Are one-line smalltalk comments alright here or should i avoid them? If you can fit the response well in one post that is preferred, especially in longer discussions. Please cut down the quotations in your response to the relevant parts. One-line comments are fine. >Any other advice on manners is also welcome. A written manifest would be nice >:) Most of Netnews Netiquette is still pretty useful. Cheers, Stephan Eggermont
