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Old 01-16-2018, 06:48 AM   #1
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Smile New forum Suggestion : Linux Headlines


I am finally making a new forum Suggestion. Linux Headlines for matters all of us want/need to know. My idea was
  • ALL POSTS MODERATOR APPROVED - so this will always be a low traffic forum
  • ALL REPLIES Moderator Approved to prevent thread spam

The is a facts forum rather. than a chat forum.
The idea is for major issues (Hardware & Software big inserurity or performance issues) for Linux users to tell sysadmins to drop everything and find out about THIS one. Meltdown and Spectre were both major bugs; wpa-crack was another one. Other things like "Nvidia cards won't do [something] in 4k on a Saturday night when the blue moon intersects with the Twilight Zone" obviously don't make it. Sorry, Nvidia but aI had to mention someone.

Only one form of reply would be wanted: Superior linformation/links or possibly patches/ bug fixes.

The way Meltdown was handled was imho not optimal. Half a dozen thread came up, everyone joined the thread they saw until information dried up, it deteriorated into chat, or whatever. This way a good explanation could be posted early-ish, further info later, and chatters could start their own threads.


Moderators will obviously put their own refinements on this basic idea. Company buyouts or obsolescence of product lines can be a headline. I'm afraid it had to be basic. I'M a stroke victim who recently fell. On top of that, I finally succumbed to a really nasty Flu that makes the Spanish flu look like a walk in the Park. In the last week I've had tortures only a horror story writer would dream up
 
Old 01-16-2018, 07:01 AM   #2
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Don't we already have such a forum in Linux-News?
 
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Old 01-16-2018, 08:44 AM   #3
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You may think so. I would call that Linux News. I simply suggested a forum where mods limited the information to headlines = stop what you're doing and read this.
 
Old 01-16-2018, 11:53 AM   #4
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That sounds to me like a lot of extra work for moderators. Have you got any volunteers?
 
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Old 01-16-2018, 12:19 PM   #5
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business_kid I hope your medical problems clear up.

Besides hazel's applicable comment about the extra work, as well as hydrurga's observation that we already do have a forum, a concern on my part would be that these decisions proposed by you seem to require judging whether or not a post was worthy to be posted. That is not what moderators are here to do.

There are posts by very new members which are moderated, however we only delete those if they are obvious spam or a gross violation of LQ policy. Even if it is a very bad question, but a question still the same, we approve it.
 
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Old 01-16-2018, 08:31 PM   #6
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I'm inclined to think that the existing Linux News forum is adequate for tracking headlines and that two news forums would be overkill.

It seems to me that LXer does a pretty good job of rounding up
 
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Old 01-16-2018, 10:26 PM   #7
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The way Meltdown was handled was imho not optimal. Half a dozen thread came up, everyone joined the thread they saw until information dried up, it deteriorated into chat, or whatever. This way a good explanation could be posted early-ish, further info later, and chatters could start their own threads.
Adding a moderated "headline" forum probably wouldn't help with this. It's unlikely that a small team of moderators would manage to post/approve the "headline" before other threads about such a topic start popping up.
 
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Old 01-17-2018, 01:40 AM   #8
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do you mean like "Announcements"?
but open for everyone to post in?
 
Old 01-17-2018, 04:56 AM   #9
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Linux News gives the News


I wanted only the headlines. I don't care about the news. But if something is hacked or compromised, If My personal data has been hacked, If some BDFL croaks it, or if a major project splits, I want to know that.

A small percentage of us might feel "&£#@!, I need to know about that" for any of them, and have the opportunity to react to the headline while the news is still coming in.
 
Old 01-17-2018, 05:00 AM   #10
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Going on the majority of those comments, it's a NO.


OK,let it die.
 
Old 01-17-2018, 12:47 PM   #11
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Thanks for the feedback. We have announcements for major "headlines", but typically reserve them for LQ-related items.

--jeremy
 
  


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