At 9:02 AM -0400 6/27/99, murr rhame wrote:
> Several folks have mentioned that they ban list policy discussions on
> their lists. I don't. I've never had a problem with this.
I don't specifically ban topic discussions, but I usually try to have
them privately and off-list, by asking everyone interested in
contacting me so we can set something up. I'm not against a list
examining it's navel, so to speak, but I much prefer meta-discussions
to go on off-list, so that the list itself stays focussed on the
topic, not arguments about what the topic is.
If the list is unhappy or grumpy, though, it's probably better to let
it all air out and get over with than try to corner it. It's a
judgement call. But in general, I try to keep the list focussed and
not discussing meta-issues on the list, because they have a nasty
tendency to crowd out what the list is there for in the first place
(and the meta issues are usually where the nasty flamewars come from.
Not the topic issues themselves).
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