who drops offenders? what is considered a huge enough offense to drop someone from the list? what is considered "appropriate" behavior? would the list admin even CONSIDER dropping such favorites as Seth, Patrick, KBob, or any of the other long-time subscribees for inappropriate behavior? (no offense given, it's just an example. i would hate to see them leave.)
if i express an opinion or share a life experience and am later shot down, flamed, whatever, because what i am talking about/promoting is basically anathema, or perceived of as, to our *nix community, who is using the in-appropriate behavior? i really don't know how to say this, but i basically equate a lot of what goes on in this mailing list to religion and politics (and i'm way too blunt and personal to be discussing either...), which is why i suggested a split in the mailing lists. we can have a polite area, and an impolite area (i actually like pat's idea better...) in the long run, i personally feel it would be better. but that's just my opinion. ;) > -----Original Message----- > From: Dexter Graphic [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2001 1:56 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [EUG-LUG:119] RE: Dexter's Query (was Fry's) > > > > Justin Bengtson wrote: > >i personally would suggest killing the "activism" list. it > is hardly ever > >used. kill the other lists as well. next, i think we > should split the > >mailing list into two. one may be called "Opinions" or some > such. the > >other should just simply be EugLug. > > What's so hard about simply ignoring/deleting posts that > don't interest > you? Opinions are a vital part of building a community > (getting to know > other people's views is an important part of any > relationship.) And our > opinions don't go away just because we engaged in technical > discussion. > I don't think there is any practical way you could separate > the two. If > people get off track on useless tangents like nuking Iran, I > think the > best thing to do is gently remind them of the purpose of this list and > ask them what the relevance of their post is supposed to be. If there > is no relevance, than point out that they made a mistake by > posting it > here. If they make the same mistake over and over again, you point out > that they may need cognitive assistance and ask them to stop posting > until they learn to control themselves and behave > appropriately in this > social setting. If they do not, you terminate their list membership. > > Simple. > > Dexter > >
