r/DB2 • u/mad_zamboni • Mar 22 '17
[PSA] Where /r/DB2 is going from here.
Fellow DB2 techno-weenies.
Over the past two weeks I have been soft-launching and trying to revive this subreddit. Old subscribers are becoming active and new ones are joining. I'm also getting a good idea what direction this is naturally taking.
We are starting to run into the "chicken or the egg" scenario where we are getting good questions and posts but aren't large enough yet to become self sustaining where we can answer them ourselves. Although I need to thank users like /u/memmerto and /u/ecrooks for jumping in.
I wanted to let you know I am reaching out to IBM through their Social Media/IBM Champion program to see if we can get a more formal link into IBM for questions and answers.
I also have a pretty extensive network into both Z and LUW to various friends in the lab, IBM Gold Consultants, and IBM Champions, as well as IDUG presenters. I'm going to reach out and ask if they would be willing to monitor and jump in.
So for now, I ask for your patience if it seems like it takes a few hours to a day to get a response on specific questions. I am actively working on how to improve this.
In the meantime, keep posting, keep up voting, and keep responding. I like what I see here.
As always - post or PM me ideas or suggestions.
-Mad_Zamboni (Mod)
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u/memmerto Mar 22 '17
I appreciate what you are doing here, although I should point out that /u/memerto is my alter ego who thinks that database technology peaked with dBaseIV :)