On Tue, Sep 18, 2018, 2:00 PM Franklin? Lee <leewangzhong+pyt...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 18, 2018 at 11:02 AM Jonathan Goble <jcgob...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > On Tue, Sep 18, 2018 at 10:49 AM Robert Vanden Eynde < > robertv...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> About moderation, what's the problem on the list ? > > > > > > The biggest moderation issue I see with mailing lists is the inability > to lock threads and delete posts (i.e. those that are spam or a Code of > Conduct violation). Both of those are basic features that are core to > virtually every forum system in existence today. > > Is that really an issue here? I personally haven't seen threads where > Brett tried to stop an active discussion, but people ignored him and > kept fighting. > Perhaps not, but part of that might be because stopping an active discussion on a mailing list can be hard to do, so one might not even try. Some discussions, I suspect, may have gone on in circles long past the point where they would have been locked on a forum. With forum software, it becomes much easier, and would be a more effective tool to terminate discussions that are going nowhere fast and wasting everyone's time. >
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