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Originally Posted by blutach  Fact is program fanboys abound, each urging you to buy whatever software they are supporting (I'm not sure who appointed them sales managers for the companies, but they do a damn good job - vicariously speaking, that is). Some posts border on (or are outright) spam, when we see posts like "better buy this fabulous product now everyone" and others are just plain sycophantic (e.g. the smallest update/bugfix/skin change gets a "wow, how good is this"). |
That happens with nearly all software.
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Originally Posted by blutach Therefore, might it not be better that they congregate in their little groups where they can all agree vociferously how wonderful their choice of software is? At least it lessens the malarkey they foist on the rest of us who simply come either to give or receive support. |
Minus the fact that a group is inherently different in a person having to join it, I don't see how groups will make any difference in people being fanboys or promoting another product. As long as forums exist it then it will happen.
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Originally Posted by Dr. Who I definitely agree with this. I thought about it but saw trouble later on. Things can work out great as long as we don't go into support threads for certain software and say use this instead. The same goes for the groups. On such an open forum I can't join certain groups like this as I have too many tools some free some aren't. |
Fanboys are fanboys. Idiots who go into other support threads and suggest using another program are just morons.
I don't see the groups having any real impact on things. They are just a new shiny toy for people to play with.
Of course, this is just my opinion.