Coleslaw wrote:
I wish people would stop making promises and assurances they have no control over. People got angry when DDDT2 was released. We were all assured there would be plenty of work for all and to essentially stop complaining. Have all of you forgotten what happened? That is right. The project ended abruptly. I understand why it did. But the point is that you shouldn't be making promises you can't deliver. There is no guarantee we will see anything until we see it.

I agree that the PR people goofed big time. I have heard many people outside these forums complain about the lack of work after being lured here. I too have been annoyed by having multiple emails, tweets, Facebook posts all telling me that I can use my tablet/phone help with Ebola research. I will not recommend anyone to come here to help with the Ebola work until there is enough to go around. I will hype up the other causes.

My $.02 on the PR blitz is that it is perfect timing to ride on the fear of the masses caused by all the media outlets creating "outbreak" scare tactics in places that aren't even close to an outbreak. Very little is needed to convince people to take some kind of action when they are scared. But for those that take the steps to get BOINC setup and then get their preferences at WCG set just right (no this is not a simple task for most even with the multiple posts saying how easy it is) this is a huge let down.

Please stop trying to justify that there is other work to do. Not everyone cares. There are a lot of motivations to choose the science we do. I'm not crunching just because someone else has work. I crunch the projects that I want to crunch. That doesn't make my anger any less valid. If I came here for an attempt to help find cures for ebola, I would be insulted by your suggestions to just crunch something else. Something else didn't lure me here in this case.

Again, just my $.02.

For the past few days the tasks seem to be flowing in. They are mostly variations of 000252. I had 16 this morning (UK time)