Driving technical questions to ML - what is being done?

scottalanmiller

But reaching out to people that you know to tell them to check it out and see the incredible response to questions.... That's a good way to go.

scottalanmiller

One thing that I think that is important is that break/fix questions, while fine, are not the goal or the bread and butter here or on SW. SW is actually relatively poor for that. That's what ServerFault is for and nothing touches that.

Where ML is strong is opinion, design, planning and discussions where ideas are kicked around and discussed. It's a conversation platform, not just a single good answer.

scottalanmiller

So just getting conversations going - people kicking around ideas. That is what we need most.

Joy

@scottalanmiller said:

It's the top concern. But no one knows how to bring in the people asking the questions.

Okay Sir, I am asking questions /help now

thanksajdotcom

@scottalanmiller said:

So just getting conversations going - people kicking around ideas. That is what we need most.

Agreed.

IRJ

How does ML feel about double posting? I like to post some questions on SW because I know I will get more visibility there. I would also like to post them here sometimes, but generally double posting is frowned upon

Minion Queen

A few people have done that. I don't see an issue with it from ML standpoint. Because Grove Social wants to be a very open forum they don't care

thanksajdotcom

@IRJ Why not post both places? I hardly post over there anymore. I don't like the atmosphere. I like the openness of ML much better, but exposure is lower, that is true. Work on asking more questions to bring in more people!

IRJ

@ajstringham said:

@IRJ Why not post both places? I hardly post over there anymore. I don't like the atmosphere. I like the openness of ML much better, but exposure is lower, that is true. Work on asking more questions to bring in more people!

I just double posted it here. I didnt do it previously because I thought it was frowned upon

scottalanmiller

There is a lot of double posting already.

IRJ

@scottalanmiller said:

There is a lot of double posting already.

I guess I have never noticed this

thanksajdotcom

@scottalanmiller said:

There is a lot of double posting already.

Yes there is. Quite a bit.

Carnival Boy

@Hubtech said:

or are too proud to ask

I'm happy to ask more technical questions. I just didn't want to become a free rider. I don't work in a technical role. Most people on ML seem to work for IT companies rather than end users, to the extent that I've questioned whether I really belong here.

bring it on, ask away! we will fight over answering your ?'s

thanksajdotcom

@Hubtech said:

bring it on, ask away! we will fight over answering your ?'s

Amen.

Carnival Boy

There's not to many fighting over fixing my domain controller at the moment

scottalanmiller

Good point! Let's get some eyes over on that thread.

thanksajdotcom

@scottalanmiller said:

Good point! Let's get some eyes over on that thread.

Link?

Dashrender

I don't know Veeam well enough to offer any insite.

thanksajdotcom

@Dashrender said:

I don't know Veeam well enough to offer any insite.

That would have been a great @alexntg question