The Problem With Webmaster Forums ...
• Mixed, Motley, Sundry, Variegated
It has been fun to be a more active participant on the forums I visit instead of remain a lurker.
But it has brought to mind my chief complaint with many forum posts:
Nope, it isn’t the stale questions from newbies. We’ve all be new once. And in far too many areas my own understanding is shallow.
But I weary of unqualified, unexplained opinions.
Let us say you are looking for the “best content management system.” You will probably get
- Joomla rulez
- Mambo is the best
- WordPress
- Drupal, dude, Drupal!!!!!
- Superduper Ultimate Content Syndicator is the best
No one bothers to explain what makes his or her recommendation superior. It is rather like being back in that horrible social space called high school where too much of life is seen as a popularity contest and is established by assertion.
To be fair when people ask this sort of question they rarely explain their needs. Probably they haven’t evaluated those with any clarity: bestness is enough.
And - in this particular - example reading that the CMS has modules isn’t very helpful. What CMS doest have plugins or some similar means for expanding or beautifying the system?
Really, folks, explaining your opinion would be helpful. Don’t just assert.