On Tue, 27 Nov 2001, Rachel Blackman wrote: > > And yes, #kernelnewbies is kept on-topic by peer pressure, > > the occasional channel admin typing a (short-lived) /ban; > > most importantly, however, is the #offtopic channel, which > > I think in general once any list reaches a certain 'critical mass' > (which may vary from list to list), it becomes increasingly difficult > to eliminate Off-Topic conversation, and providing an alternative is > seemingly the most effective way of dealing with it.
Actually, keeping things on-topic got _easier_ after the channel reached the critical mass of 100 people. I guess this must have something to do with peer pressure ;))) regards, Rik -- DMCA, SSSCA, W3C? Who cares? http://thefreeworld.net/ http://www.surriel.com/ http://distro.conectiva.com/
