"Brian Rowe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > During the chapter meeting this Sunday it was mentioned that we should not > take some issues to the general discussion list because it is "too > polarizing." The Free Culture mailing list has has transformed over the > past 2 years from a place where FC ideas could be discussed freely to a > forum where people do not speak up for fear of flaming. This is a call to > return the list to a place where topics can be discussed without flames.
I've not noticed that, but I've not been reading many threads here recently. I suspect that some issues become polarised because of the polemic or uncritical ways they're introduced here. This thread is probably going to be one like that. :-( > I am asking three things: > 1. Threads stay on topic - no more turning a video awards posts into NC > freedom posts or FF3 posts into whining about the bylaws. > 2. General whining needs to stop > 3. Flaming needs to stop I'd add:- 4. Let's agree a more specific topic/charter and put it on http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss - you can't criticise people for going off-topic if no-one has agreed the topic - also, some of us were imported here from fcuk-discuss; 5. no personal messages on the mailing list - unsetting Reply-To would reduce that by making it easier to reply off-list; 6. Imposition of US cultural norms needs to stop ;-) > Transparent moderation may be needed to accomplish this. Agreed. One lead moderator, two assistants, with actions announced in administrivia posts to the list and some mechanism to reverse bad decisions. > This means that people who are here to argue and complain constantly should > find another place to do that. I am not just speaking in generalities; > Crosbie has [...] Way to start a flamewar! Personal attacks! Yay! [runs for fireproof bunker] FWIW, I've not noticed Crosbie Fitch being particularly offensive, but posts of Crosbie Fitch do seem to contain the same sort of messages, so I don't usually reply in detail to them. We know where we stand and how unmovable we are. Regards, -- MJ Ray (slef) Webmaster for hire, statistician and online shop builder for a small worker cooperative http://www.ttllp.co.uk/ http://mjr.towers.org.uk/ (Notice http://mjr.towers.org.uk/email.html) tel:+44-844-4437-237 _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss
