Re: No more "me too" posts.

No, it doesn't, but when you go to a list with people who help others
and say your glablabber isn't installing with an error about the
libtibbop and thirty others start "me to-ing" and "This happened to me
over quinty months ago", then you generally have an idea that
a) you're not alone
b) others have tried, and apparently failed, to solve the issue
c) you're probably kinda screwed.

And sometimes it's best not to be left wondering.


So when someone else couldn't fix the problem, that means that I
should just give up because there is no fix?

What's useful is what's often used in reviews and board forums; a way to
simply have "26 others found this useful", or something of that
nature...a rating system.


Not on a mailing list.

I don't think he's saying that others should get help only if it's
widespread...I think it sounds like he's saying it's a forum for someone
to see it and say "we've got thirty people with XYZ issue so it should
be a priority," even though I don't know how many, if any, developers
are actually paying attention to these forums.

But it probably makes the end user feel a *little* better about their
situation and/or signal that maybe they need to consider moving on to
try some other hardware/software, or a different OS, depending on
severity or irritation level.


I would feel a 'little' better if the two helpful posts were not
buried in 17 me-too posts when I have to STFA. Or do people not do
that anymore?

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