Re: kde haters' blog

2011/6/7 Carl Symons <[email protected]>:
> On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 11:39 AM, Lydia Pintscher <[email protected]> wrote:
>> On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 20:32, Nikolaos Pantazis
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> While reading the comments on the 4.7 beta announcement, It became
>>> very clear to me that there are people out there who really hate kde.
>>> The reasons for this are not clear to me, but I think kde must do some
>>> kind of management of this situations. I actually propose the creation
>>> of a "kde haters' blog" hosted by the kde.org and accepting posts from
>>> everyone. Maybe by making those people look as cult as they are, will
>>> be a solution.
>>>
>>> Any way, I am just feeling really sad about this situation.
>>>
>>> ps. I want to check the release notes of kde 4.7 but kubuntu doesn't
>>> have packages. Can anyone please propose me a live cd to check it? I
>>> am not comfortable compiling.
>>
>> We're already giving these people way more than enough room to air
>> their negativity. Let's not give them even more and even make it
>> official.
>> What we could do is get some blog posts on planet kde with actually
>> useful criticism that we can engage with. That'd have to be a careful
>> selection though and I doubt many (any?) of the people that qould
>> qualify for this are in the real kde haters group.
>>
>>
>> Cheers
>> Lydia
>>
>
> Just re-read the comments on 4.7 beta. I don't see anything to be
> concerned with. Several people claim to have been KDE users since v1.0
> and yet make comments like "the eternal alpha-state that KDE4 has been
> since the beginning, battling with developers constantly spitting out
> new big features without consolidating any." No way; I simply don't
> believe the commenter (even leaving aside the hyperbole). These
> comments convey more writer bias than anything about KDE4. Positive
> comments on this article far outweigh negatives.
>
> I am using the latest version of Plasma and Applications on 2 machines
> and working with tens of other users. _Not one_ has anything like
> alpha performance.
>
> At any rate...
> As one commenter wrote, "Please, KDE SC 4.7 BETA COMMENTS WANTED"
> That's what the story is about. Perhaps that should have been more
> explicit.
>
> Instead of creating an anti-KDE site or trying to do something on
> PlanetKDE, how about a rapid response team whose members can respond
> to the Dot FUD? It doesn't appear that the questions or comments
> require heavy duty dev involvement. I think, on balance, that the KDE
> community can separate the whiners from the contributors.
>
> Maybe a Kudos to Devs story occasionally...positive comments only; no
> criticism allowed, constructive or otherwise.
>

Seriously, i wouldn't take that too seriously at all. Not even worth
thinking about it. There might be some hater comments. But even if so,
they give input. Non-KDE user might even use those as an opportunity
to just try KDE and then maybe even get used to it. That's how it
works. Live with positive AND negative comments. Answer as good as
possible regarding our CoC, and be done with it. At least if you feel
like that would need an answer.
So, to make you aware, even trolls might be useful, it just depends on
how you treat them. Don't respond, and other users might find their
own way to get a picture.

Cheerio,
Ingo
 
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