On 9 September 2010 10:53, David Burela <[email protected]> wrote:
> Here is another idea. > Instead of focusing on "argument styles", "how to troll correctly", etc. > How about we just stop attacking people on this mailing list and just talk > tech. > > Except Fridays. > I talk to a lot of people offline about this mailing list and what keeps > most people away from it. The same name continuously pops up as being the > main reason for unsubscribing. > > This mailing list gets very hostile a lot of the time and I am sick of it. > A lot of ideas are just jumped on and the person posting gets called stupid > or discouraged from replying again. > > It's a comparatively mild mailing list, compared to some I'm on. And compared to slashdot, extremely mild. Some flaming, yes. But we all think our style is the One and Only, and at times, get enthusiastic about defending it. > It isn't "sparking interesting debate" or "being controversial", it is just > causing a hostile environment. > > There's that gmail addon, that puts your email into a queue before posting, for reflection. Sometimes I think I ought to use it. > -David Burela > > On 9 September 2010 10:41, silky <[email protected]> wrote: > >> This is a good read on the subject: >> http://www.xent.com/pipermail/fork/2001-June/000438.html (relevant to >> a specific mailing list but generally applicable). I appear to be >> currently engaged in "The Level Lunge". >> >> -- >> silky >> >> http://dnoondt.wordpress.com/ >> >> "Every morning when I wake up, I experience an exquisite joy — the joy >> of being this signature." >> > > -- Meski "Going to Starbucks for coffee is like going to prison for sex. Sure, you'll get it, but it's going to be rough" - Adam Hills
