We have accomplished many many positive things, we are all on the same team here. The post was not meant as Flame Bate, but I did ignore the feelings and opinions of others, for that I am sorry.
But let us not blow this out of proportion, this is a technical list for discussion of technical ideas that we can all benefit from. Please do not be discouraged from posting, just keep a simple rule, keep it technical not political, and keep it important (don't waist peoples time). Just don't what this to have a chilling effect, since it was my failure, and others should not be restrained because of me. There is no quarrel here, I expect this ends with this post and we move on. On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 7:37 AM, Sean Dague <[email protected]> wrote: > When I created this list and this group, I really want to facilitate > productive local discussions on linux and open source. We all have a lot to > learn from one another, and having a forum to share and express that is > something I think is valuable. > > What's not very valuable is the tone that has happened of late. It's a > tone the reinforces the worst stereo types of geeks. Passive aggressive > behavior, not being able to get out a full paragraph without ensuring that > you've dissed something you found yourself superior to, expressing your rage > against the machine/man/small fuzzy lemur. > > While I understand that there are few role models of good behavior on the > internet, just because their is junk all over your neighbors lawn doesn't > mean you should throw trash out on yours. > > So, I've got a couple of options. #1 just shut down the list, because > honestly I have very little interest in reading the tone of most of the > posts anymore. I'm pretty sure that's true for many folks here. I've > walked into many an office at IBM with someone saying to me "seriously, they > are still going on about that?" I've watched unsubscribes from a number of > people of late that were valuable members of this community at one point. > > #2 try to get things back into a civil state. And to this end I ask for > some help from everyone. When someone starts a thread as troll bait, let it > lie, don't respond. Much like children or puppies acting out, response just > encourages people on that it's acceptable behavior. It's not. > > I'm going to start flipping on individual moderation bits for some of the > more blatant offenders of civility here. > > I have no interest in running a moderated list, it's just too much work, > and I fundamentally don't believe in censorship, so if we can't get the tone > back to something constructive I'll convert the list to announcements only, > and stop hosting a general discussion list here. > > If you want to rant, get a blog. Find you audience elsewhere. > > -Sean > >
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