Parallax forum etiquette to be increased with new rules
Ken Gracey
Posts: 7,401
Hey all,
Our internal forum team is going to be making some improvements to our forum management with the intent of keeping these a welcome and productive place. These forums are among the most productive I'm aware of and we want to keep that level of quality. I'm not exactly sure of the exact tactical plan, but here's the basic idea:
- new rules to be published
- general vibe should be positive as appropriate
- proper etiquette will be encouraged
- intent is to support our products (discussion about other products is welcome, but intent to lead our customers away is not appreciated)
- a Parallax moderator account will keep threads on topic and encourage following rules
- threads will be relocated where they belong
- environment will welcome newcomers so people are not afraid to post
- community forum moderators will help with the same rules
Keep in mind that most of this is already done, by you, and that we appreciate it. But occasionally we've got a few errant missiles here and there which we would like to safely land. Since we have so many skilled and helpful contributors we want to be able to back their support with the best environment possible.
We'll wait to hear from Bump with a plan, in about ten days (he gets some time off), but if you want to convey anything to the internal team you can do it in this thread. There's another thread about etiquette recently posted by a forum member which you may want to read.
Ken Gracey
Our internal forum team is going to be making some improvements to our forum management with the intent of keeping these a welcome and productive place. These forums are among the most productive I'm aware of and we want to keep that level of quality. I'm not exactly sure of the exact tactical plan, but here's the basic idea:
- new rules to be published
- general vibe should be positive as appropriate
- proper etiquette will be encouraged
- intent is to support our products (discussion about other products is welcome, but intent to lead our customers away is not appreciated)
- a Parallax moderator account will keep threads on topic and encourage following rules
- threads will be relocated where they belong
- environment will welcome newcomers so people are not afraid to post
- community forum moderators will help with the same rules
Keep in mind that most of this is already done, by you, and that we appreciate it. But occasionally we've got a few errant missiles here and there which we would like to safely land. Since we have so many skilled and helpful contributors we want to be able to back their support with the best environment possible.
We'll wait to hear from Bump with a plan, in about ten days (he gets some time off), but if you want to convey anything to the internal team you can do it in this thread. There's another thread about etiquette recently posted by a forum member which you may want to read.
Ken Gracey
Comments
Glad you guys recognize that something needs to be done, and are doing it.
Roy
Yes, our team is finally worn out thinking about it and we're ready to act. Thank you for the support.
It might help others know about the rules if you make this post a sticky until the new rules are posted and that way people may try to do what they can to cooperate.
Lemme guess.
From now on I'll be required to post this in my signature:
Give it up. It was a fruitile exercise.
A moderation control on some of the negativity which has been allowed to reign lately will be welcome!
I'd even go so far as to say some of these posters are nattering nabobs of negativity. Spiro thinks so, too.
-- Gordon
That would be Spiro Agnew for all you pre-hippy whipper-snappers out there.
Correct. It's a fun line to repeat, plus when he made it, it was directed at those who found fault at everything, even in the face of positives. Seemed appropriate in this case.
Besides, when it came to slinging insults, Spiro was no pusillanimous pussyfooter.
-- Gordon
Heavens! He had a heyday heaving humorous harangues and alliterative allocution.
-Phil
Phil,
He actually said, "...They have formed their own 5H Club: the hopeless, hysterical hypochondriacs of historical hypotrochoids."
Agnew came out at about the same time my Spirograph showed up under the Christmas tree, so he was the guy who invented that gizmo that allowed me to make all kinds of interesting patterns.
Man, don't you know nothin?
I can't begin to count how many times these forums have saved me.
The hypertrochoid graphic above is pretty cool, too! :-)
Dave X
That basic rule is in play for a few forums I frequent. In this place, I see it a lot. Not all the time, but a lot --more than most, and for that I second the post above. Really like the people here, and the tech acumen is off the charts good. Can't even begin to tell you how much I learn, and that it's fun, if only there were more time. Can you all imagine being, say 16 again, with this resource at hand? (Microcontrolled can)
1. The general culture, or what I like to call "The Parallax Way", articulated by Ken, Chip and others, from time to time. It's a general call to excellence, and encouragement that is really catchy, and is nearly always done in good form, humble too.
2. A new CPU, which the Prop is, attracts some of the more experienced people because they are best positioned to make use of it, and perform the boot strapping activities required to solidify the software ecosystem surrounding it.
3. The expectation that there will be newbies needing to get on board the Propeller, having used the other products, means keeping it clean, simple, encouraging, and that is largely due to the experienced people knowing what a new CPU means, and this CPU in particular is very distinctive, meaning there is a lot to discuss, and it's gotta be approachable or it all will wither on the vine, limiting the return on the investments made as a whole.
Those are the common elements that I have observed. Whatever the reasons are, the people-ecosystem surrounding the Prop and Parallax in general is very high quality. Huge value add, IMHO.
Can you make me one of these in a spherical configuration? z.B. Cat's Aye???
Frank
As I understand it, to sphericalize a cat is pretty easy: simply increase its usual sleeping habit from 23.2 hours a day to 23.96 hours a day. Which is not too hard to do.
Grogg say 100W/12V=8.333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333 A, but incandescent bulb for 115VAC, and automotive applications nominally 13.6V. Apples/oranges.
Grogg hate bulb, want smash bulb. Grogg like apples & oranges.
roflol.
C.W.
Excellent.
Enjoy.