No more "me too" posts.
Chris Jones
jonesc at hep.phy.cam.ac.uk
Mon Feb 2 12:23:12 UTC 2009
Hi,
> I think there is a useful purpose in such posts - they provide evidence
> that a particular problem is not specific to the OP (either hardware or
> setup/config). I agree that a message with merely "me too" as content is
> pretty much useless, but provided some information about the poster's
> hardware, Ubuntu version and customizations (if any) are included then
> this should be helpful for others trying to reproduce the problem (e.g
> if a "me too" has my hardware - I should be able to reproduce - unless
> the issue is setup/config, so yes, useful!)
I completely agree. I think a blanket ban on "me too" posts is
unnecessary. Just use a little common sense as to whether your post is
adding useful additional information or not.
Chris
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