Re: [Lubuntu-comms] Social media full of tech support

2014-04-21 Thread brendanperr...@gmail.com
I understand this completely now and like the discussion. On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 12:50 PM, Phill Whiteside wrote: > > Ibere, > > wisely spoken words. Thank you for explaining in greater detail the issue > that there is. > > @brendan How people seek support for any of the many flavours and vari

Re: [Lubuntu-comms] Social media full of tech support

2014-04-21 Thread Phill Whiteside
Ibere, wisely spoken words. Thank you for explaining in greater detail the issue that there is. @brendan How people seek support for any of the many flavours and variants of linux may drive the 'purists' mad :) But, the simple truth is that on social media areas, people will ask and will help oth

Re: [Lubuntu-comms] Social media full of tech support

2014-04-20 Thread Iberê Fernandes
2014-04-20 16:44 GMT-03:00 Iberê Fernandes : > 2014-04-20 16:31 GMT-03:00 Phill Whiteside : >> We tried that and short of banning people... they will post where they >> prefer :) Not everyone is an IRC fan :) Some prefer to use the forums, or >> mailing lists for example - some use G+ as well. >> >

Re: [Lubuntu-comms] Social media full of tech support

2014-04-20 Thread Iberê Fernandes
2014-04-20 16:31 GMT-03:00 Phill Whiteside : > We tried that and short of banning people... they will post where they > prefer :) Not everyone is an IRC fan :) Some prefer to use the forums, or > mailing lists for example - some use G+ as well. > > Regards, > > Phill. > > > > > On 20 April 2014 20:

Re: [Lubuntu-comms] Social media full of tech support

2014-04-20 Thread Phill Whiteside
We tried that and short of banning people... they will post where they prefer :) Not everyone is an IRC fan :) Some prefer to use the forums, or mailing lists for example - some use G+ as well. Regards, Phill. On 20 April 2014 20:19, brendanperr...@gmail.com wrote: > I wonder it seems people

[Lubuntu-comms] Social media full of tech support

2014-04-20 Thread brendanperr...@gmail.com
I wonder it seems people keep posting tech support problems on the lubuntu official facebook group. Should there be a post to official support channels where these users might get better help? I am also in IRC and find it easeir to help there. Or maybe the opportunites on the forums. -- Mailing li