<div dir="ltr">>Have fun! That's what counts.<div><br></div><div>Oh believe me, I want everyone to have fun -- and that should be the ultimate goal. There are several ways however on how to invite more people to join the 'fun.' We can ask them politely like 'would you like to join the fun?' or invitingly like 'come join the fun!' I think we should strive for the latter.</div>
<div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 2:17 AM, Quim Gil <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:quim.gil@nokia.com">quim.gil@nokia.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
I do think we are reaching pharisaical levels. :)<br>
<br>
At the end the thing is as simple as:<br>
<br>
You use Maemo and you are having fun with other people using Maemo: you<br>
are part of the Maemo community.<br>
<br>
The rest is about how deep you want to go.<br>
<div class="Ih2E3d"><br>
ext Reggie Suplido wrote:<br>
>>My _own_ opinion is that people who just own a tablet and do nothing<br>
>>else are not part of any "community".<br>
><br>
> I too am having a hard time understanding this.<br>
<br>
</div>I would have a hard time understanding someone claiming that I'm a<br>
member of the Ikea community since I'm a regular user of the kitchen I<br>
bought from them.<br>
<br>
However, I understand perfectly that there is a bunch of people<br>
enthusiastic about Ikea products, many discussion forums, fan sites,<br>
blogs and what not, as well as an official ikea-friends community<br>
sponsored by Ikea.<br>
<br>
Is it Ikea who tells me where do I fit? No, it's me who decides to buy<br>
their products or not, just use that kitchen or do something more about it.<br>
<br>
Now change "Ikea" by "Maemo" and "kitchen" by "software".<br>
<div class="Ih2E3d"><br>
> I regard all users and<br>
> former users of NITs as part of the Internet Tablet community but not<br>
> everyone I guess is part of the Maemo community (by definition<br>
</div>> <<a href="https://wiki.maemo.org/Task:Maemo_brand" target="_blank">https://wiki.maemo.org/Task:Maemo_brand</a>>). I myself am wondering why<br>
<div class="Ih2E3d">> should there be a line between the two.<br>
<br>
</div>You are using Maemo --> yes you are a potential member of the Maemo<br>
community. However, the community itself won't be aware of your<br>
existence unless you show up in some way. So there is a line, but it's<br>
in control of the user who ultimately decides to limit himself to browse<br>
and download or meet some Maemo peers and have fun together.<br>
<div class="Ih2E3d"><br>
<br>
> If we build a Maemo community that encourages feedback, does it mean<br>
> that a person, giving feedback that helps improve an app becomes<br>
> automatically part of the community? or is there some amount of level or<br>
> contribution to become a fully fledged member of the community? -- it's<br>
> becoming messy.<br>
<br>
</div>What is "fully fledged member"? And who cares, really? You do whatever<br>
you want in the Maemo context: post in ITt, #maemo IRC,<br>
maemo-developers, blog about, go to a Summit, send feedback to a<br>
developer, rate an application, a news piece...<br>
<br>
Have fun! That's what counts.<br>
<div class="Ih2E3d"><br>
--<br>
Quim Gil<br>
marketing manager, open source<br>
Maemo Software @ Nokia<br>
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