A few days ago, we sent a call for suggestions on how to improve the management of the Liberationtech list to prevent further flaming. Thanks to all those of you who submitted your suggestions.
After reviewing these, we found that they generally called for the same thing: List subscribers want a stricter enforcement of Liberationtech guideline #3, that is, "Please keep discussions constructive and civil. We have a zero-tolerance policy for anyone who posts inflammatory, extraneous, or off-topic messages." We will do so. But, to make the guideline more explicit, we also decided to amend the guidelines as a whole to specify the consequences resulting from this type of behavior. The new guidelines have been posted at https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech and are listed at the end of this message. To increase the likelihood that everyone will be aware of the list guidelines, we have also amended the footer to read as follows: "Liberationtech is a public list whose archives are searchable on Google. Persistent violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at [email protected]." New subscribers already receive the list guidelines when they first subscribe to the list and in their monthly reminders. Should you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to direct them to me at [email protected]. If you'd like to discuss the list guidelines further, please do not do that here. Instead, go to the liberationtech-policy list at https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech-policy and do so there. Thanks, Yosem, one of your moderators STANFORD LIBERATIONTECH GUIDELINES 1. Liberationtech is a public list, so anyone can join and read the archives, forward messages, or mirror the list without our knowledge. The list archives are searchable by search engines such as Google. As such, we urge you to use pseudonyms, fake email addresses, https, and anonymizer software, especially when discussing items of a sensitive nature. Two robust applications are: https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere And, https://www.torproject.org/ 2. We urge you to use the list to ask for (or offer) advice, discuss issues, and share information. 3. All replies go to the entire list, so please keep "me too" replies to a minimum. 4. We forbid the sending of attachments, as these can be used to spread viruses or spyware. Instead, copy and paste your attachment into the message body, or upload and make it a public doc and share the link. For more info, please see: https://tibetaction.net/detach-from-attachments/ 5. To maintain civil discourse, we have a zero-tolerance policy for anyone who posts ad hominems, or otherwise inflammatory, extraneous, or off-topic messages. 6. Please refrain from making hard product (or service) sells. 7. Persistent violations of guidelines 3 to 6 will get you moderated. 8. If you ever want to unsubscribe or change your options (eg, switch to or from digest mode, change your password, etc.), visit your subscription page.
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