On Wednesday 04 August 2004 4:32 pm, Jenn Vesperman wrote: > The real world doesn't let an > organisation say 'we're welcoming, just ignore the idiots'. If you let > them stick around, you lose people because of them. > It's a matter of choosing which people you welcome. >
Well said. I'm a little vague on the mechanics of creating a great community like LinuxChix, but that certainly serves as proof that is it possible. And also Postfix, Apache, Qpopper... many online communities maintain a civil atmosphere without having a zillion rules and ragging on people to behave all the time. It's not impossible at all. Hopefully D-W can help by attracting and supporting more of the kind of people who make positive contributions, and are not possessed by a deep need to be total asshats. :) -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Carla Schroder this message brought to you by Libranet 2.8 and Kmail ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
