Well, there are no official rules about it, if that's what you're asking.
Generally I find it frustrating when someone posts their support questions in
multiple places. That's because they're getting advice from someone else, and
using that advice, and it's causing new problems, and neither we nor the other
place knows what the other is saying and suggesting. And the user in the
middle, trying to do everything, gets confused, and it just gets to be a
nightmare.
To be honest, it's one of my pet peeves, and when I notice someone is doing it,
I tend to ignore their message. It's really not fair, when you consider we're
volunteering our time, and from the start, there's only a 50-50 chance the
person will use the information I've provided (if they posted in 2 places; 1 in
3 chance if they post in 3 places, etc). To me, I think, why waste my time?
I think people do it, because they think they'll have a better chance of getting
the right answer. But for me, it usually means they won't get an answer from
me.
However, if it's just a discussion type of question, where you want to hear
different opinions about something that's more theoretical, as opposed to
"something is broken", or "how do I do this", then it doesn't cause any
problems. So that's fine, and I don't see any conflict.
And for one last note. If you're cross-posting in forum and mailing lists,
often you're making the same people read the message twice. Well, probably not
very many people, since very few mailing list subscribers participate in forums.
But still a few people are reading it twice.
Until I (or hopefully I can convince more people to get on board, then we) can
convince more developers and mailing list subscribers to participate on the
forum.....if we ever do get our official forum. Until then, generally the
reason you'd want to post on the mailing list, is if you want or need a reply
from developers and/or advanced users. There are handful of developers and
advanced users who participate on forums, but it's usually quite sporadic.
All the above is just my opinion.
All best,
brynn
-----Original Message-----
From: PipingDesignCentral .
Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2017 11:28 AM
To: Inkscape User Community
Subject: [Inkscape-user] SVG Questions and Inkscape Forum
Is it OK if I post an SVG-related question both at
http://www.inkscapeforum.com AND here?
Paul
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