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Re: The "LUGNET community" vs. the "LEGO community," and computer literacy
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lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.suggestions
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Date:
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Fri, 18 Apr 2003 17:50:27 GMT
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On Fri, 18 Apr 2003, Tim Courtney wrote:
> This is a big point which I feel needs attention. I know many people who
> either find LUGNET too confusing to set up for posting, or don't like it
> for one reason or another. Those who experience the former find it near
> impossible to get support to help them set up. Unless LUGNET creates
> more user-friendly methods of setting up for posting, with clearer
> documentation and FAQs, I don't forsee many more marginally computer
> savvy people joining and participating. Some people here might welcome
> that side effect, but I don't. I'd like to lower the bar, rather than
> raise it.
Okay, I've read this several times, and I still don't get it. How is the
setup for LUGNET posting confusing? Links from the main page
(http://news.lugnet.com) and from a page that appears each time you post
through the Web interface take you to
http://news.lugnet.com/news/post/setup/
This page is almost entirely linear (except for links to the TOS), with
obvious boxes to fill out and check. The only thing that I can see about
it that might be confusing is that it's got *so much* explanation that
people might only read the parts in bold---but even then the only effect I
can see is for people to not realize that Organization: is optional.
What more is there to setting up LUGNET posting?
--
TWS Garrison
http://www.math.purdue.edu/~tgarriso/
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