The D programming language newsgroup should lift its game

[Nick Sabalausky]

"Justin Johansson" <no at spam.com> wrote in message 
news:hp3l95$2ann$1 at digitalmars.com...
> Walter Bright Wrote:
>
>> Justin Johansson wrote:
>> > Lest this forum decays as has Google Groups,
>> >
>> > ( see "Google Groups is Dead" by John Resig
>> > http://ejohn.org/blog/google-groups-is-dead/ )
>> >
>> > my suggestion is that this newsgroup should make steps to lift its 
>> > game.
>>
>> But we don't have a spam problem here (crosses fingers).
>
> Sorry for the poor message delivery on my part.
>
> My comment was intended to refer to the amount of troll feeding in recent 
> times and
> the disproportionate amount of discussion on seemingly (to me) trivial 
> discussion
> (e.g. tabs and spaces).
>

Disproportionate amount of tab/space discussion in comparison to troll 
feeding? So, not enough tab/space discussion then? Ok, "Viva la tabs!!" :) 
Or not enough troll feeding?

(I know what you really meant. I just couldn't resist ;) )


> But then again what might seem trivial or idle to me may be a treasure 
> trove of
> interesting discussion to others.  So maybe I'm wrong to criticise and the 
> quality
> of discussion on this group is bubbling along just fine in the opinion of 
> others.
>
> What do others (including those usually silent) think? As this newsgroup 
> is an important
> face for D, could or should it strive for better?
>

I find the trivial and offtopic stuff to be among the most interesting. And 
if I come across one I find particularly pointless, it's trivial enough to 
ignore it. Troll feeding can be problematic, we don't want to encourage the 
trolls, but I'm not about to crusade against troll feeding or anything like 
that :)

About the only topic that ever does bug me is meta-debates about what types 
of discussions should or shouldn't be allowed or tolerated. That kind of 
thing has a tenancy to really damage a group (I've seen it happen) far more 
than any bikeshed ever will.