> On May 10, 2016 at 1:01 AM Edward Bartolo <[email protected]> wrote: [..] > The solution to block off all trolls is easy especially for system > administrators. Make posting to the mailing list only accessible to > members that are registered in a member list. Needless to state the > obvious, control membership. For instance, a member would require > sponsorship from existing members or from some other important > contributor in the project like jaromil.
You are trying to block trolls. That's a good idea, except it doesn't work. I think it's not really important compared to all of us having a place to talk. > The idea of having an open mailing list is clearly failing to give a > good signal to noise ratio which can be corrected. Make the resulting > mailing list publicly readable BUT do not make membership automatic. I don't have a problem with the OT or trolling messages here. > Some may argue this is the strategy adopted by enemies of init > freedom, which may be correct. However, sometimes one has to adopt an > adversary's strategy if it proves to be the only possible of way > solution. > > Edward Don't stoop to the adversary. Peter Olson _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list [email protected] https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
