Comments on: Who Cares About WordPress.com? http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/04/18/who-cares-about-wordpresscom/ Helping you learn more and do more with WordPress Thu, 23 May 2013 12:40:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Help With WordPress.com :: Thinking Home Business http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/04/18/who-cares-about-wordpresscom/#comment-928605 Mon, 19 Apr 2010 04:46:46 +0000 https://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/04/18/who-cares-about-wordpresscom/#comment-928605 [...] And here’s a useful recent comment by Lorelle - Who Cares About WordPress.com? [...]

]]> By: wank http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/04/18/who-cares-about-wordpresscom/#comment-7227 Fri, 21 Apr 2006 01:02:21 +0000 https://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/04/18/who-cares-about-wordpresscom/#comment-7227 um, why is the link to the ‘wordpress.com font page’ pointing to wordpress.org?

]]> By: miklb http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/04/18/who-cares-about-wordpresscom/#comment-7174 Thu, 20 Apr 2006 06:15:57 +0000 https://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/04/18/who-cares-about-wordpresscom/#comment-7174 Not to be a naysayer, but of those 154,000 blogs, how many were opened by stand alone WP users who needed an API to use Akismet?

]]> By: podz http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/04/18/who-cares-about-wordpresscom/#comment-7139 Wed, 19 Apr 2006 21:03:50 +0000 https://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/04/18/who-cares-about-wordpresscom/#comment-7139 Ahh…. the email responders :)

]]> By: Lorelle VanFossen http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/04/18/who-cares-about-wordpresscom/#comment-7129 Wed, 19 Apr 2006 17:57:51 +0000 https://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/04/18/who-cares-about-wordpresscom/#comment-7129 The automated response I referred to is the note that says “we got your message”. Not a boilerplate response.

]]> By: podz http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/04/18/who-cares-about-wordpresscom/#comment-7124 Wed, 19 Apr 2006 17:15:16 +0000 https://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/04/18/who-cares-about-wordpresscom/#comment-7124 blagermeister – There’s nothing automated about any responses in the Feedback / Support. It has been busy, the workload has risen and that’s why I am here. I read everything that comes in. If I don’t know the answer, or I cannot solve the issue then I will get someone who can to do it. It will not disappear into some black hole.
And if you have ideas, send them too.

]]> By: Lorelle VanFossen http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/04/18/who-cares-about-wordpresscom/#comment-7094 Wed, 19 Apr 2006 01:55:09 +0000 https://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/04/18/who-cares-about-wordpresscom/#comment-7094 Oh, blagermeister, I almost forgot. With almost 150,000 bloggers on WordPress.com all using the FEEDBACK button, be happy if you get an automated response. Just think of the email they have to contend with. That could kill a server alone! They read them all, but can’t respond to every one. And it’s one job that I’m glad I don’t have to do. UGH!

]]> By: Lorelle VanFossen http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/04/18/who-cares-about-wordpresscom/#comment-7093 Wed, 19 Apr 2006 01:50:30 +0000 https://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/04/18/who-cares-about-wordpresscom/#comment-7093 I didn’t name names, and feathers weren’t ruffled in defense of WordPress.com and WordPress developers, as much as my “who cares” and “why bother” feathers came unhinged.

I understand very well, since I live with them every day, that there are limits with WordPress.com. And yes, I’m not totally happy being a lab rat, but I know that what we do here helps everyone in the WordPress Community, and that is important. And we get a chance to play with the latest, hottest, bestest tool in town! Even if there are a few slips and slides along the way.

What is good is that we have a place to blog. We might not have a place to tweak, fiddle, and torque, but we can share our words, our thoughts, our opinions, and even our life lessons. We have a place to speak out and express ourselves.

As for features found on WordPress.com that aren’t available yet to full version WordPress users, I don’t have a problem with that either. Full version users have the ability to totally control their WordPress blogs, including using any and all plugins they want. WordPress.com limits so much of what we “can” do, we’re happy with anything we can get.

As for WordPress.com new features, bells and whistles, if they work on WordPress.com, expect them to become public. If they don’t, then, well, aren’t you the lucky one while we suffered. ;-)

As for the WordPress Support Forums, including WordPress.com, yes, I’ve seen a militant response. I’m not comfortable with it either. The whine about “search first, ask second” carries some weight, but this is no reason to be nasty. The Forums aren’t chat rooms either, so don’t expect to find “buddies” in there and talk about walking your dog in the rain. It’s for help.

The cool thing about the WordPress Support Forums is that if you don’t like them, get involved and help change it. Learn how to use the program and then give a few minutes of your time to answer others questions. Take some of the burden off the moderators and other volunteers. I learned a lot helping in the Forums. If I didn’t know the answer to a question, I went looking for an answer, learned something new, and then figured out how to post the answer, learning more as I went. You just have to care.

Which is what the whole post is about. Start caring, folks. When you care, you want to help. And when you help, everyone benefits. We are all part of the WordPress Community, so think of it as helping the Community.

And BillyG, I have enjoyed your comments and repartee on this blog, so this was in no way a targeted attack. You keep on doing what you are doing. You provoke me and make me think. That helps me do my job much better here. Thank you!

]]> By: blagermeister http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/04/18/who-cares-about-wordpresscom/#comment-7092 Wed, 19 Apr 2006 01:01:31 +0000 https://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/04/18/who-cares-about-wordpresscom/#comment-7092 I like WordPress, but I don’t like the lab rat part of being at WP.com. I used to get responses to the “bugs and hugs” I sent in (and yes I sent both), but not anymore. And the forums are unpleasant (usually involves moderator drmike saying “closing this thread, this has been posted elsewhere, try searching first next time!” or “you’d probably do better on your own hosted site”). I like that WP.com is free, but I’d pay for it if that would help with getting real support and better stability. I don’t go solo because I like the community aspect of it and my css skillz are pathetic.

]]> By: BillyG http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/04/18/who-cares-about-wordpresscom/#comment-7088 Tue, 18 Apr 2006 22:35:42 +0000 https://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/04/18/who-cares-about-wordpresscom/#comment-7088 Yea, that was me. I wasn’t “condemning” WP although it does sound like that now that I see it in black and white again. I was just griping that what good is it if we can’t use it?, just like the CrazyEgg Matt just posted about that isn’t available to the public yet. Sorry, that kinda thing just gets on my nerves. Yeah I knew about it the day it was broadcast but until it is available for everybody, what good is it other than to brag about access privileges? I heard enough of that from a few other bloggers that I don’t follow anymore. Don’t get me wrong, I live in my WP world most of the day and am very thankful it exists. Heck, if it weren’t available, I’d probably be using MT, Mambo, PHPNuke, WebWord, Plone or Zope or whatever else is new on the block. As is, I’m very happy practicing webmasterish techniques with my humble WP blog and am even ready to start playing with PhotoShop CS2 & Flash Studio 8 that I just got, so yes, thank you WP. Didn’t mean to ruffle any feathers but I know how people are so I won’t be back to this thread you can believe that lol. Peace.

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