Microsoft Responds to the Evolution of Online Communities
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From: Bruce Sinclair on 11 May 2010 23:59 In article <Simon.Lloyd.4at75x(a)thecodecage.com>, Simon Lloyd <Simon.Lloyd.4at75x(a)thecodecage.com> wrote: > >Brude i don't understand?, the folk who use our forums do not use or >see a newsreader but simply foum posts in a vBulletin community, so if >you mean they have no choice of NG viewer then your right, but then >again they choose to use our forums for the interface as threads seem >easier for them to follow.......depends what you're used to i suppose :) Yeah I understand that Simon. But I doubt they "choose" to use the web interface for forums ... I believe that's all they know. And, if like me, they knew there was a good way to access newsgroups (which the forums are connected to ?) then that's what they would choose. I suppose there might be an occasional person that prefers a web interface for this sort of thing. There's always one, and yes, it does depend on what you are used to. Of course, if that's all you know, that's what you will prefer. :) News groups are text. Ascii characters ... and there's plenty of ways to look at those (news readers) and I'm sure that the vast majority would prefer one of those if they knew about them. As an aside, I've been fascinated by the occasional post with something like ... "if you found this helpful please press yes" ... cos we don't see any buttons here. :) We also get an occasional pile of "stuff", presumably some left over HTML or other formatting, presumably from some of the the forum posts.
From: Simon Lloyd on 12 May 2010 01:14 Bruce, i agree with you entirely, as for the if this post was helpful stuff, i was unaware that that gets transmitted although at microsoft.public....whatever i have often seen the click this button if i've been helpful, not from my forums but native at those groups. I would be interested to see all the left over html...etc that gets posted, if you wouldn't mind popping a copy in a wordpad document (yep wordpad!) and mailing it to me at simonDOTlloydATthecodecageDOTcom i would appreciate it so i can try to get that cleaned up :) B r u c e S i n c l a i r ; 7 2 1 8 4 9 W r o t e : > In article ...........As an aside, I've been fascinated by the occasional post with something like ... "if you found this helpful please press yes" ... cos we don't see any buttons here. :) We also get an occasional pile of "stuff", presumably some left over HTML or other formatting, presumably from some of the the forum posts. -- Simon Lloyd Regards, Simon Lloyd 'Microsoft Office Help' (http://www.thecodecage.com) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Simon Lloyd's Profile: http://www.thecodecage.com/forumz/member.php?u=1 View this thread: http://www.thecodecage.com/forumz/showthread.php?t=200597 http://www.thecodecage.com/forumz
From: Bob Phillips on 12 May 2010 04:50 "Bruce Sinclair" <bruce.sinclair(a)NOSPAMORELSEagresearch.NOTco.NOTnz> wrote in message news:hsdc5e$vj7$5(a)news.eternal-september.org... > In article <eMJ7KoS8KHA.1316(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl>, Jon Peltier > <jonNO(a)SPAMpeltiertech.com> wrote: > (snip) >>>>> Anyone got any more info on what MS really mean here ? :) >>> >>>> I think they mean they will simply turn off their own nntp servers. As >>>> you say, they can't control the presence of these groups on the whole >>>> nntp/usenet network. >>> >>> Quite. Well, if that really is what they mean, why didn't they just say >>> so ? >>> Minor damage only if that's the case ... and in some ways, a good thing >>> for >>> those of us here. >> >>If that's what they mean, then who wrote the subject line? > > Ah. That is obviously from marketing. :) Yeah, we are going to s$#*w you, but it is for the greater good, and it is in your best interests (because we know best).
From: Bruce Sinclair on 12 May 2010 20:02
In article <OFjD6Ab8KHA.420(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl>, "Bob Phillips" <bob.phillips(a)somewhere.com> wrote: (snip) >>>If that's what they mean, then who wrote the subject line? >> >> Ah. That is obviously from marketing. :) > >Yeah, we are going to s$#*w you, but it is for the greater good, and it is >in your best interests (because we know best). ... what I like to call definition number 2 of "service" in your dictionary ... has to do with bulls and cows. :) |