One (perhaps pedantic) comment: A zero-tolerance policy implies zero tolerance, but is contradicted in #7, where you state that *persistent* violations will get you moderated.
Either you have a zero-tolerance policy, or you have a second-, third-, and fourth-chance policy. Which is it? On Fri, Aug 9, 2013 at 8:05 PM, Yosem Companys <compa...@stanford.edu>wrote: > 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 > compa...@stanford.edu." 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 compa...@stanford.edu. 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. > > -- > 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 > compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech > -- *Note: *I am slowly extricating myself from Gmail. Please change your address books to: jilliancy...@riseup.net or jill...@eff.org. US: +1-857-891-4244 | NL: +31-657086088 site: jilliancyork.com <http://jilliancyork.com/>* | * twitter: @jilliancyork* * "We must not be afraid of dreaming the seemingly impossible if we want the seemingly impossible to become a reality" - *Vaclav Havel*
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