On 18 April 2023 18:12:49 +0200, James Richters via fpc-other <fpc-other@lists.freepascal.org> wrote: >I can understand keeping bots off the channel, but it seems like there should >be some easy way to test if you are a bot without annoying real humans. >Why doesn’t she just send them an email or a text message if their >conversation is not convincing or >If they are someone who is on the FPC mailing list, then it’s super easy to >confirm that just ask them what their email used on one of the FPC lists. If >I do a google search for: james richters fpc-pascal >I get all kinds of posts that I have made over the years from the archives.
Indeed - moderation should be driven by actions, not by suspicions. >The comment was made that lurkers are not allowed on the channel.. that is >just dumb, if there are not lurkers, then the chances of someone being on who >knows how to help with any give issue is much less. So the only people on the >channel will be people with questions, and no one with answers. Also a LOT >can be learned from other people’s questions. I learn SO much from the >FPC-Pascal List.. things that I would never even think about. That's exactly one of arguments I raised to Joanna, but she didn't seem to either understand or care (neither is good). >I don’t know, I like the mailing lists, I didn’t even know there was an IRC >channel…. Look… I learned about something I didn’t know about from what would >be considered lurking if I was on IRC. Yep. I'll post an update regarding the FPC team decision and associated action tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. Tomas _______________________________________________ fpc-other maillist - fpc-other@lists.freepascal.org https://lists.freepascal.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fpc-other
