- LoCos + Ask Ubuntu = PROFIT?!
Jokes aside, here's why I think LoCos should care:
- It means that to a degree, the LoCo has failed.
Someone asking a question on Ask Ubuntu means that the LoCo hasn't:
- Made itself widely known
- Because it isn't widely know, that means the person can't go ask the LoCo guys "Hey, I have a problem, can you help?" - this is true for all online support methods.
A LoCo Team is a Local Community of (in our case) Ubuntu users. A LoCo can involve things such as local promotion, support in the local language, general support to local users and much more. Most importantly however, it lets people find other Ubuntu users near them and experience the Ubuntu Community firsthand.
(Emphasis mine)
Currently, Ask Ubuntu is English only, which could (and has been) a issue in the past.
Just my two cents, but that's something I feel very strongly about.
however, at the same time, I'm no saying that LoCo's and Ask Ubuntu can't co-exist to their mutual benefit - in fact, I was one of the first to try and get a LoCo involved - I'm just saying that it's a sympton of a failing (or nonexistent) LoCo.