From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from sog-mx-4.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com ([172.29.43.194] helo=mx.sourceforge.net) by sfs-ml-1.v29.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1Qi1GR-0000Gw-9z for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Sat, 16 Jul 2011 09:34:23 +0000 Received-SPF: pass (sog-mx-4.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com: domain of gmail.com designates 209.85.213.175 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.85.213.175; envelope-from=witchspace81@gmail.com; helo=mail-yx0-f175.google.com; Received: from mail-yx0-f175.google.com ([209.85.213.175]) by sog-mx-4.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtps (TLSv1:RC4-MD5:128) (Exim 4.76) id 1Qi1GQ-0005E3-DU for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Sat, 16 Jul 2011 09:34:23 +0000 Received: by yxi19 with SMTP id 19so1026086yxi.34 for ; Sat, 16 Jul 2011 02:34:16 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.150.200.19 with SMTP id x19mr4018393ybf.264.1310808855671; Sat, 16 Jul 2011 02:34:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.151.14.9 with HTTP; Sat, 16 Jul 2011 02:34:15 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2011 09:34:15 +0000 Message-ID: From: John Smith To: Bitcoin Dev Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=000e0cd348ba35f62a04a82c78db X-Spam-Score: -0.5 (/) X-Spam-Report: Spam Filtering performed by mx.sourceforge.net. See http://spamassassin.org/tag/ for more details. -1.5 SPF_CHECK_PASS SPF reports sender host as permitted sender for sender-domain 0.0 FREEMAIL_FROM Sender email is commonly abused enduser mail provider (witchspace81[at]gmail.com) -0.0 SPF_PASS SPF: sender matches SPF record 0.1 FREEMAIL_ENVFROM_END_DIGIT Envelope-from freemail username ends in digit (witchspace81[at]gmail.com) 1.0 HTML_MESSAGE BODY: HTML included in message -0.1 DKIM_VALID_AU Message has a valid DKIM or DK signature from author's domain 0.1 DKIM_SIGNED Message has a DKIM or DK signature, not necessarily valid -0.1 DKIM_VALID Message has at least one valid DKIM or DK signature X-Headers-End: 1Qi1GQ-0005E3-DU Subject: [Bitcoin-development] The forums... X-BeenThere: bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2011 09:34:23 -0000 --000e0cd348ba35f62a04a82c78db Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 I'm getting really, really annoyed by the forums. Can we please please remove the link to them from bitcoin.org, and replace it with a forum that has but one goal: help users of bitcoin (and merchants, and developers)? No speculation about economic or political futures, no philosophical pissing contests, no "I trust/distrust this/that exchange/company" FUD, no repeated discussion of things already answered in the FAQ, etc. There is a place for all of those, but not in the official forums of an open source project. IMO, if we link an official forum from bitcoin.org at all, it should be a neutral place for helping people adopt the technology (a bit like the Ubuntu forums, for example). Just my two bitcents... JS --000e0cd348ba35f62a04a82c78db Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
I'm getting really, really annoyed by the forums.

Can we ple= ase please remove the link to them from bitc= oin.org, and replace it with a forum that has but one goal: help users = of bitcoin (and merchants, and developers)?

No speculation about economic or political futures, no philosophical pi= ssing contests, no "I trust/distrust this/that exchange/company" = FUD, no repeated discussion of things already answered in the FAQ, etc.
There is a place for all of those, but not in the official forums of an= open source project. IMO, if we link an official forum from bitcoin.org at all, it should be a neutral place for h= elping people adopt the technology (a bit like the Ubuntu forums, for examp= le).

Just my two bitcents...

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