"It is a choice that the list membership *can* make, individually, without affecting the list membership in any other fashion."
In my experience lists with off topic rants and flames are fundamentally different then civil list that stay on topic. Most people do not want to have to actively filter, the transactional cost drives people off the list. Additionaly there are people who simply will not post or respond if they fell like they are going to be attacked. Neither of which is useful for building a healthy community. There are several strong foundation on the FAQ for setting up reasonable and light weight ground rules we can use each or all as a guide. The feedback both here and on the IRC channel was very good. I think we should give it a few more days for feedback and then focus on rebuilding an active FC movement this year. Sincerely, -Brian Rowe FC Activist PS this was one of the most active days on the IRC we talked about DMCA, Free Culture Reading Lists, Open Source Services among other things. This is the active type of community I look forward participating in more often. PPS I am speaking as a member of SFFC and a FC activist. I do not speak for CC and if I were going to I would use my CC email address and be very clear that the vewis were cc's. My signature merely discloses my affiliations. On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 6:42 PM, Creighton Samuels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Greg Grossmeier wrote: > > Creighton Samuels wrote: > > > >> Furthermore, if most of the trolling comes from one (or a few) persons, > >> it is not neccessary to make new rules nor eject them from the list per > >> se. If you don't like the posts of one person, you (personally) can > >> delete them from your own little corner of the Internet via your email > >> client's killfile. You cannot get upset a a troll you cannot hear. If > >> everyone does this, the net effect will be exactly the same as if that > >> person were in moderator lockdown; they could hear us, but not respond. > >> > >> Creighton > >> > > > > > > That is a choice the list membership should be able to make. > > I think you have missed my point. It is a choice that the list > membership *can* make, individually, without affecting the list > membership in any other fashion. If *he* annoys you, killfile him and > he will cease to exist for you. If he annoys everyone, he will cease to > exist entirely. No rules, committees, or offensive actions required. > > > Creighton > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > -- Brian Rowe Legal Intern Creative Commons [EMAIL PROTECTED] (206) 335-8577 (Cell) Access To Justice Technology Principles www.ATJWeb.org Freedom for IP www.FreedomforIP.org
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