Re: The Game of Mallor needs players!

From: "Russell \"Coconut Daemon\" Bailey" <cctdemon@erols.com>

Date: Sun, 28 Jun 1998 00:00:00 +0000

> Ok, we have different definitions of "frequently" :-)  If it were me,
> I'd wait a month to get a good representative set of questions.
>

But if people were continually mailing me for three days after a post
asking the same things,  I'd certainly write an FAQ file to answer.  This
has happened to me...  when the questions are pouring in,  I tend to
standardize the answers rather than wait until I'm drowning in posts.

> I've seen a lot of FAQ's that were released simultaneously with a
> commercial product or service (obviously designed by someone in
> marketting).  I don't consider those FAQ's.
>

God forbid someone in marketing would want to answer questions.

> The entire purpose of a FAQ initially (at least until the latest wave
> of hordes hit the internet),

I kind of like these "hordes".  People who know nothing about computers can
see what you want to show them.  Most of the people who send me mail about
my game are obviously not geeks like me...  they want to know about my
game,  and my page is available to them regardless of technical skill.  On
my own end,  I can dig up product information from companies not anywhere
near the computer industry.  The "hordes" are worth far more than the bunch
of computer hobbyists,  professionals,  and college students who used to be
the only ones on the 'net.

> was to answer frequently asked questions.
> This way, the newgroup would not be inundated with the same questions
> over and over.  Therefore, it should be those questions that are the
> most frequent, but not necessarily the ones that are interesting.

So we'd have an IAQ for intersting questions,

> It should also include those questions guaranteed to make 50 or more
> people send identical answers to the newbie poster.  FAQs didn't
> normally appear until the volume of questions became annoying to all
> concerned.
>
> IMHO, a FAQ is not the same as a sample set of questions.

and an SAQ for questions that we _know_ folks are going to ask,  as well as
an FAQ for the ones annoying newbies are likely to get 50 responses to (but
not for at least a month)?

This may hold closer to the phrase FAQ,  but is it really necessary?
Internet users have plenty of words and phrases whose meanings don't match
the originals,  some examples being troll,  spam,  and flame.  Such is the
nature of language-  it develops slang.

Russell
Who thinks maybe we should write an FAQ-FAQ,  and is willing to invent
boring questions and post them repeatedly for a month to get it done.

References

Re: The Game of Mallor needs players!
Darin Johnson <darin@usa.net.removethis>
Sun, 28 Jun 1998 00:00:00 +0000
The Game of Mallor needs players!
"Brandon Van Every" <vanevery@blarg.net>
Thu, 25 Jun 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: The Game of Mallor needs players!
Joe Mason <jcmason@execulink.com>
Sat, 27 Jun 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: The Game of Mallor needs players!
Darin Johnson <darin@usa.net.removethis>
Sat, 27 Jun 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: The Game of Mallor needs players!
"Plod" <nope@buggeroff.com>
Sun, 28 Jun 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: The Game of Mallor needs players!
"Brandon Van Every" <vanevery@blarg.net>
Sun, 28 Jun 1998 00:00:00 +0000

Referenced By

Re: The Game of Mallor needs players!
Darin Johnson <darin@usa.net.removethis>
Sun, 28 Jun 1998 00:00:00 +0000
The Game of Mallor needs players!
"Brandon Van Every" <vanevery@blarg.net>
Thu, 25 Jun 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: The Game of Mallor needs players!
Joe Mason <jcmason@execulink.com>
Sat, 27 Jun 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: The Game of Mallor needs players!
Darin Johnson <darin@usa.net.removethis>
Sat, 27 Jun 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: The Game of Mallor needs players!
"Plod" <nope@buggeroff.com>
Sun, 28 Jun 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: The Game of Mallor needs players!
"Brandon Van Every" <vanevery@blarg.net>
Sun, 28 Jun 1998 00:00:00 +0000