Dear Listers and Udhay, Comments below.
On Mon, Sep 7, 2015 at 11:11 PM, Udhay Shankar N <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Sep 8, 2015 at 10:57 AM, James Bonilla <[email protected]> > wrote: > > But there is one more thing: don't forget to watch out for the hashtag > > #silklist_intro on the Buddhist forums. Those forums have a clearly > defined > > set of rules. And those rules have worked well. That is why I plan to > stick > > to those forums, where I know quality, non-abusive discussions can be > had. > > About this list and its politics, I frankly know very little. > > > > As a quick reminder, the most important rule of silklist is "Assume > goodwill". This means that you expect the listmembers to be acting in good > faith as a default position, in the absence of other evidence. > > I'd encourage you to keep that in mind. Also, keep silklist discussions on > silklist, please. > > Udhay > I have seen all too often that one can never assume goodwill. I will do so -- since you request me to do it. But I am going to have to do one thing right away: I am going to publish a list of people I am going to block/filter out. Even on Buddhist groups, I generally publish a list of people who I have blocked. I am quite open about the people whose opinions I have filtered out. One mustn't assume that one's emails are going to be appealing to all. Generally speaking, blocking one or two people is sufficient on most Buddhist groups. Somehow, it works. There is always one or two people who need to be blocked. After that, things really settle down. (I know why this happens, and it has to do with the sociology of the Internet, but I won't bore you with the "High IQ" reasons). In fact, I think it is good practice to just go ahead and block someone. This way, you have at least told the other person that you have blocked them. Following that idea to its logical conclusion, I think I should publish a list of people I shall plan to block. Before I even made the first post on this List, I went through some of the earlier discussions. Based on this, I have decided that I am going to block the following people. This list seems to generally have goodwill, so perhaps, that is why I don't have to block a lot of people. To all these people I am blocking/filtering out, I will simply say that there is no reason to assume that one is going to be compatible on the Internet with everyone, and blocking is often the right thing to do. Good luck with the rest of your life! - Eugen Leitl - Double O Seven > > > > > -- > > ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com)) >
