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Thu, 13 September 2012 11:33  |
John Watson
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It has been suggested to me that I need to start contributing on other forums, presumably to raise my public profile for marketing purposes. I've put a few messages on OTN Oracle Discussion Forums / Oracle Database / General this afternoon (I have 5 status points already! another 2495 and I will be a Guru!) I wondered if anyone had any advice about what boards might be helpful?
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| Re: Other forums [message #566378 is a reply to message #566376] |
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Mahesh Rajendran
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These are not message board based forums, but best places to participate.
C.D.O.S (comp.databases.oracle.server) a Google group now.
It is from where I (and most of us) started to learn stuff. Unfortunately, not in the same caliber anymore.
Oracle L (in freelists) is an active source with great participants.
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| Re: Other forums [message #566392 is a reply to message #566376] |
Thu, 13 September 2012 17:40 |
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Barbara Boehmer
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If your goal is to raise your public profile for marketing purposes, then the OTN forums are the place to be. The SQL and PL/SQL and General sub-forums have gotten pretty crowded. If there is some area that you specialize in, for which there is a sub-forum, then that is the place to be. But don't stop participating in the OraFAQ forums in the meanwhile. I know that time is limited. The only Oracle sites that I routinely browse nowadays are the OraFAQ forums, the OTN forums, and asktom.oracle.com. On the OTN forums, I generally stick to the less busy sub-forums, like Oracle Text, Objects, and Spatial. I find that there are more interesting questions there and fewer people answering them. On the SQL and PL/SQL and General sub-forums, by the time I compose a thorough answer to common questions, somebody else will probably already have answered, so it is generally not worth bothering with.
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| Re: Other forums [message #566409 is a reply to message #566392] |
Fri, 14 September 2012 02:54 |
John Watson
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Thank you for the suggestions, people.
That OTN/General forum seems to be, kind of, competitive: people try to get an answer in first, and then if it is correct others repeat as though it were their own. The business of status points is bizarre. And annoying, when one gives the first correct answer, and the credit goes to someone else! I have 20 points already. Whoopee.
I'm just not cut out for this marketing stuff.
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It has to be somewhat annoying for someone with John's knowledge to be listed as a Newbie. I never really frequented the forums (OTN or OraFAQ) until recently. I started contributing for much the same reason as John and it was to me. I'll admit to caring about points more than I really should have. I just passed 500 and into the 'Pro' level so I no longer feel like like I'm sporting a pacifier and rattle every time I make a post. I don't lust after Expert or Guru status so the points are largely irrelevant to me now.