From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Emanuel Berg Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: emacs stackexchange beta site Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2014 21:13:40 +0200 Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Message-ID: <87mw9vbezf.fsf@debian.uxu> References: <874mw5q15w.fsf@debian.uxu> <87a95wy73q.fsf@debian.uxu> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1411154127 20061 80.91.229.3 (19 Sep 2014 19:15:27 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2014 19:15:27 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Sep 19 21:15:18 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1XV3eI-0002f4-C0 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 19 Sep 2014 21:15:18 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:60164 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XV3eH-000309-Nx for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 19 Sep 2014 15:15:17 -0400 Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!news.kjsl.com!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 44 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: P0uMB9BthHuWo8+BJXB4Mw.user.speranza.aioe.org Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3 (gnu/linux) X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Cancel-Lock: sha1:Sw6HQHgbAvlLYKMdhfmuK01S4N0= Mail-Copies-To: never Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:207770 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:100043 Archived-At: Drew Adams writes: >> Adding an emacs SX site just adds one more site to >> monitor, because I guess it won't be forbiden to ask >> an emacs question on superuser or tex in the future. > > That was exactly my point. That's the strangest point ever. How can an Emacs-specific site make it more difficult to monitor? It will be *easier* to monitor because all Emacs stuff will be at one place! > And I don't see any great "PR" advantage, personally. > Is it so hard for users of SE sites to learn about > tags and filters? Again, the tags will be much more elaborate and Emacs-specific on the Emacs site. > Especially Emacs users and potential users? > If Emacs really needs PR that reaches past an > individual's ability to learn how to search for Emacs > questions and answers and throws "!! EMACS !!" > directly in their face so they'll notice it better, > then it's a sad day for Emacs and Emacs users > generally (IMHO). Emacs shouldn't be a holy grale at the end of the rainbow. I have no problems with kids and morons starting to use Emacs at any stage of their age/degree of moronity. It won't make anyone more stupid and some will learn tremendously from it. Some will contribute themselves, one day. We have schools and we force the kids to go there. We don't expect the kids to be alright and eventually figure out how to write, read, count, and behave, left all alone. We obviously can't force anyone to use the software we believe in but we can give it maximum exposure so that at least a fraction of the computer people of tomorrow will know of other software than the MS and Apple IDEs. -- underground experts united