I’ve been using Homey for about 6 months, having transferred from Homeseer. I love the product and it works very well for me. As a new user, I have looked on the forum for various things and usually I have found an answer to my problem. But while reading other forum users’ questions and answers I h…

[image] Chris_Starkey: too sensitive :+1: …just joking. This question belongs rather to Off topic category but let me ask you - do you have this perception just by reading some questions/answers, or you do have your own positive/negative experience ? I mean it because there are basically m…

[image] Jepke: Volunteer devs have a their personal lives which many don’t realize. If you stick to the official apps it just works I even think most support comes from Community Devs or volunteers, even faster / more than from Athom if it comes to questions about Devices / Apps / Flows / Au…

Yes, I do agree. There are a few users I have identified that are very rude. I can’t understand why, if you don’t want to help don’t post anything then.

I’ve been using Homey for a short while now and my first impressions of the forum were actually really good. Helpful replies and good suggestions, no hostility at all really. I’ve seen some hostile topics lately and some people might be rather direct in their replies but I don’t think the forum is v…

As a user of multiple forums both as someone that’s asking for help and as someone that’s trying to give advice I kind of think that the observed hostility doesn’t come from actual hostility, but rather from frustration (both at the asking for help as the giving advice side). I think the frustratio…

I second this! Homey is like a Swiss knife, but you need some understanding how to use the tools, moreover how the tools work. And for some this leads to a boiling point. Homey is, if more then out of the box apps are required, not for everyone…

I agree with the OP’s feelings. There are users on this forum that have an elitist approach and can write posts that can make the asking user feel stupid. Especially in the “suggestion” category. A new user has a suggestion for a new feature or a tweak for an existing one and gets bashed by the “eli…

[image] Paxman: There is very little that is “impossible” in the digital world (it’s just a question of money, time and will) and if a user have found a need for a function there is use for it. I think that what a lot of people fail to understand is that this is a community forum that, offici…

[image] robertklep: …this is a community forum that, officially, isn’t read by Athom Sure, not officially…but I’m certain that Athom officials monitor the forum. It’s a fact that they answer sometimes, you know that too Robert, and I have seen suggestions made in the forum that has been imple…

[image] Paxman: EDIT: I just checked the stats for Stefan , Doekse and Emile …they are absolutely active on the forum. Sure: They are active, have you seen the numbers? try to find yourself. STATS fe: robertklep 2.1k days visited * 39d read time * 1d recent read time * 20.1k topics viewed …

I’m not saying they’re not active, but the forum isn’t the place to request features that only Athom can implement (my impression is that Athom only posts here if they have something good to announce, but when things stop working or in case of issues they’re suddenly very quiet :man_shrugging:t3:)

Why is Homey Forum so hostile?

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DirkG July 13, 2024, 5:48pm 21

That’s not right. The category Ideas & Suggestions is exactly for that.

[Info] Ideas / Feature Requests

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