Almost forgot, P. P. S: I think Eugen Leitl is a great guy and seriously jealous of him for a bunch of reasons. On Sep 10, 2015 11:51 AM, "Venkat Mangudi - Silk" <s...@venkatmangudi.com> wrote:
> Welcome to Silk, James. > > P.S: I hate top posting. > P.P.S: I hate responding to a long email thread with one sentence and top > posting. > :) > On Sep 10, 2015 9:33 AM, "Lahar Appaiah" <thew...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Dear James, >> >> What about the non-Buddhist groups, what do you think is an optimum number >> to block? Is there an absolute number (i.e., there will always be 3-4 >> pests irrespective of number), or does this tend to be proportionate to >> the >> number of members in the group? Logically, it should be directly >> proportionate to the number of people in the group, but I can see a >> counter-intuitive argument for inversely proportionate. >> >> I am a bit confused about the philosophy of blocking, as well. I would >> earlier have said that the only people who should be blocked were those >> who >> sent sanctimonious private mails scolding you for top posting, but I have >> been thinking this through, and this does not seem to go with what >> Voltaire >> summed up so succinctly. I am not as familiar with Buddhist doctrines as I >> should be, so what's your view on blocking anf Buddhism? >> >> >> >> >> >> On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 5:33 AM, James Bonilla <callmejb...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> > Dear Listers and Udhay, >> > >> > Comments below. >> > >> > On Mon, Sep 7, 2015 at 11:11 PM, Udhay Shankar N <ud...@pobox.com> >> wrote: >> > >> > > On Tue, Sep 8, 2015 at 10:57 AM, James Bonilla <callmejb...@gmail.com >> > >> > > 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)) >> > > >> > >> >
