Timeline for Welcome page needs more welcoming
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| Aug 21, 2013 at 19:33 | comment | added | cgnieder | @Gilles Re: »Stack Exchange is not a social site« -- I must say I've experienced quite the opposite. (People are interacting with each other which is the very definition of social IMHO.) I am nearly exclusively active on tex.sx but here I have the feeling of a big, great and very friendly community. I would have been happy if someone'd said hello to me on my first post here. I cannot see anything bad in a greeting. | |
| Aug 21, 2013 at 15:15 | comment | added | Gilles 'SO- stop being evil' | 3. Yes, if there is something to say, it's often good to link to a page that provides more detail, that has a rationale, that looks official… For example, if someone posts an incomplete TeX snippet, I think this is a fine comment: “Welcome to TeX Stack Exchange! Please post a complete working example so that we can see exactly what problem you're running into.” | |
| Aug 21, 2013 at 15:12 | comment | added | Gilles 'SO- stop being evil' | 2. I think the welcome page is great, apart from its “wall of text” appearance which could be resolved by changing the toplevel bullet points into sections. But when you tell someone to read it, tell him which part is relevant. If you wonder what exactly you have to say, maybe it's because you have nothing to say, in which case you should say nothing. | |
| Aug 21, 2013 at 15:10 | comment | added | Gilles 'SO- stop being evil' | 1. No, we should not systematically post a comment on each user's first post. Only post a comment when you have something to say, not just to say hello. Stack Exchange is not a social site, and you don't need to go through an initiation ceremony or to be formally introduced to ask a question. | |
| Aug 21, 2013 at 8:15 | history | answered | Joseph WrightMod | CC BY-SA 3.0 |