<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><div>Have/would you consider hosting one of the more common types of</div>
<div>forums? I have in mind something like the linux forum site</div><div><a href="http://www.linuxquestions.org/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); ">www.linuxquestions.org</a> ,of course specific to Tor projects. I think</div>
<div>this would make it easier for users to ask questions, get/give answers,</div><div>and allow easier search of previously answered questions. Perhaps you</div><div>could moderate a forum on an already exiting web forum site? I</div>
<div>appreciate the list and IRC, but I believe the more familiar commonly</div><div>seen type of forum would make it easier for users, especially noobs &</div><div>those of us less technically inclined. IRC's great & fast, but a lot of</div>
<div>non-techies are unfamiliar with it or find it more trouble than common</div><div>web forum sites. I also wouldn't be surprise if the same questions have</div><div>to be asked & answered over and over almost daily. A standard forum</div>
<div>site with a good search engine would make it easier to see if their</div><div>question had already been asked & answered, so they wouldn't have to</div><div>repeat the process. I know this still happens on web forums, but</div>
<div>maybe a little less often than IRC. The Tor lists do work good, but</div><div>noobs are less familiar with them and their a little harder to search</div><div>and use in general. I know you have much more important things to do,</div>
<div>but if you want to increase the number or users, relays, bridges,</div><div>etc., that would IMHO be more likely if you made it as easy as</div><div>possible to get their questions answered. The excellent Tor browser</div>
<div>bundles are a wonderful example of how making things easier for users</div><div>helps increase the number of users.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Bill</div><div><br></div><div>ps. BTW, I really like the Tor Project and everything it's doing to</div>
<div>help people gain and retain their freedoms.</div><div><br></div><div>pss. Have you ever considered selling Tor on a cd/usb drive on</div><div>your site for people who don't want to or can't download or install for</div>
<div>some reason?</div></span>