Please use the OT subject prefix - Please filter on the OT subject prefix - Please reduce the total number of OT threads.
Personally - I find the discussions interesting and 1 out of every 5 or 10 posts may actually teach me something I did not know on the subject. As such I get sucked in just as much if not worst then most so, as a flame fanner, I feel I should agree that this is not the best forum. On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 7:37 PM, Alex Dean <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't take any position on the flood of various ideas which have been > flowing through this list lately. If anything, I've been just hoping it > would subside and I can go back to expecting that this list will be mainly > about free software again. Occasional political posting? No problem. > Vehement political arguments? Pointless. Nobody ever convinced anyone of > anything by arguing via email. I end up feeling a bit powerless in the face > of a wave of trollery which doesn't seem likely to subside any time soon. > > So here's what I propose : If you are tired of these off topic postings, and > want them to cease, please just reply to the "ditching Apple due to > boycotts" thread with an empty message body. Leave the subject, but empty > the body. This should be a clear, but polite, way to note to the thread > participants you'd rather they take the discussion elsewhere. > > Lest I be called indifferent, ignorant, or whatever, I will say I care about > the issues being discussed. Absolutely. I have my opinions about the > topics at hand, but I don't believe an email list is a productive place to > make those opinions known. All the current climate on this list does is > discourage me. > > Perhaps no one else cares for my suggestion, but I feel like something needs > to be said lest we lose this list entirely to the trolls. So, if you're > tired of this, reply to the "ditching Apple due to boycotts" thread with an > empty message. Make your (very quiet) voice known! :) > > alex > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
