[Freeswitch-users] My 2 cents - online community

Fri Feb 23 20:35:50 UTC 2018

 > just because some user can't use the search in an online forum is 
just for the wrong reason

could you elaborate?

if you need to discuss there is a fantastic freeswitch IRC channel ;)

today the choice to communicate is not based on old or new, it's just a 
question of taste....

On 2/23/2018 10:23 AM, Fred Pettersson wrote:
> Thank you all for feedback. Remember this was just my 2-cents. I just 
> want to highlight that I am not saying mailing-list communication is 
> not working but there are better options IMO.
>
> Just to clarify - I am talking about an online forum instead of the 
> mailing list. To justify the old way just because some user can't use 
> the search in an online forum is just for the wrong reason. How many 
> can't use them today or even know it's there today. It's a shopping 
> window. I know about the FS books, I've bought three of them (paper). 
> They are good but they do not cover everything. I know about 
> Confluence, ClueCon Weekly, I use YouTube to watch them etc. To be 
> fair I think you are missing my point here :) I think there is room 
> for a good place to have discussions with others in an easy to use 
> online tool (forum could serve that).
>
> You know what's most "scary" about the whole thing? That's non of you 
> does not even consider or elaborates about a change of this but tries 
> to guide me how/were instead but I am talking about the community. 
> Where is the spirit? :)
>
> As I said I don't want to start a fire here, I want the best for 
> FreeSWITCH and make the community to grow. I honestly don't think 
> mailman is the most efficient tool in terms of growing the community. 
> I rest my case I don't want to start a big thing.
>
> Regards,
> Fred
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *Från:* FreeSWITCH-users 
> <freeswitch-users-bounces at lists.freeswitch.org> för Giovanni 
> Maruzzelli <gmaruzz at gmail.com>
> *Skickat:* den 23 februari 2018 09:26:23
> *Till:* FreeSWITCH Users Help
> *Ämne:* Re: [Freeswitch-users] My 2 cents - online community
> also, don't forget there are 3 FreeSWITCH books out there, each of 
> them available in ebook, pdf and printed paper format...
>
> If you can't buy them, you can at least ask a friend in the know to 
> provide them to you.
>
> -giovanni
>
>
> On 22 February 2018 at 21:35, <krice at tollfreegateway.com 
> <mailto:krice at tollfreegateway.com>> wrote:
>
>     As Paul just said, lists.freeswitch.org
>     <http://lists.freeswitch.org> contains a complete archive of the
>     mailing list. This site is heavily indexed by google.
>
>     A hint for searching it is when you google use the
>     “site:lists.freeswitch.org <http://lists.freeswitch.org>” or
>     “site:freeswitch.org <http://freeswitch.org>” to restrict your
>     google queries. This should return anything in the archive
>     relevant to your actual query string.
>
>     Have fun!
>
>     K
>
>     *From:*FreeSWITCH-users
>     [mailto:freeswitch-users-bounces at lists.freeswitch.org
>     <mailto:freeswitch-users-bounces at lists.freeswitch.org>] *On Behalf
>     Of *Paul Zillmann
>     *Sent:* Thursday, February 22, 2018 1:51 PM
>     *To:* freeswitch-users at lists.freeswitch.org
>     <mailto:freeswitch-users at lists.freeswitch.org>
>     *Subject:* Re: [Freeswitch-users] My 2 cents - online community
>
>     Hello Fred,
>
>     I think Google provides a good way of querying the mailing-list,
>     given that the subject-line is good and the content isn't just a
>     random "Hiiiiiiiii - how to solve command"
>
>     Many projects in the unix-world including operating systems rely
>     heavily on mailing-list communication. And that one works fine.
>
>     Could you state more precise what you mean by an online community
>     board? In my understanding that would be a forum.
>
>     Some users aren't able to use the search functions in such forums
>     either.
>
>     By now I can't see a benefit of an "online community board".
>
>     Besides the mailing-list you may participate in the weekly
>     conference call and ClueCon weekly.
>
>     Aside from that: don't be afraid to ask on the list and try to
>     apply the basic rules you'll find in many online forums: good
>     titles, be respectful, and put some effort into your text.
>
>     Sincerely,
>
>     Paul
>
>     Am 22.02.2018 um 17:33 schrieb Fred Pettersson:
>
>         Look I don't wanna start a fire here and have full respect for
>         the team behind FreeSWITCH.
>
>         It's 2018 right? I am talking about Evolution. Why doesn't the
>         FreeSWITCH community have a more up to date online community
>         board? I am talking about the mailing lists, why not use a
>         tool to help the community a bit more and make it grow?
>
>         Today I think it's hard to get a view of all the
>         questions/answers and the mailing list archive is not that
>         user friendly. If people more easy can search/browse for
>         answers then less questions will be generated. I don't see a
>         big and viable community as FreeSWITCH deserves IMO and I am
>         certain of getting a online community board will increase the
>         community in that sense. This is one of the first things I
>         look for when getting a new component or trying to find help.
>         I am still a beginner of FreeSWITCH even though I've followed
>         the project for years and I know a community board would help
>         me and most likely others.
>
>         It's easy to scope/categorize the content of a community board
>         and to allow certain discussions of possible configuration
>         errors vs bugs etc, as a novice like my self I have a hard
>         time to spot this and when I read answers like "bugs are not
>         to discussed on the list - file a Jira". If you, like me,
>         don't even know if this is a mistake by myself and get this
>         kind of answer I really hesitate to ask.
>
>         All I want is the best for FreeSWITCH. What do you think?
>
>         /Fred
>
>
>
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