My 2c... please feel free to delete
I started out as a newbie on this list, i was about 13 - 14 at the
time, so ive basically grown up on it... (sounds like a weetbix ad)
anyway, i can remember boggling at the technical expertise of slugers
i would always (and still try to) read posts from the prominant slug
members just because they usually say something interesting or of
reasonable importance.
I cant say im mr on topic, but i do think things need to be more
linux oriented.
I see solutions as being...
a) dividing the lists
b) booting people who offend often
i think dividing is the way, somewhat like the freebsd lists, although
not to the same extreme.
im thinking
slug-spam
slug-questions
slug-l33t
spam being general discussion
questions being newbie questions and general technical queries, this
could be divided into hardware and software, or kde and gnome, x and
cli.. whatever
l33t would be people who dream in c syntac, who cant see any point to
running a graphical interface, people who get pissed off and recode
sections of the kernel or glibc to suit their needs (eg. non-newbies)
i dont think these can be really well controlled, but i think people
will tend to fall in line if topic is held well
Dean
Rick Welykochy wrote:
>
> On Mon, 18 Sep 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > >
> > > > "the web" is an interface, not a format (fool).
> > >
> >
> > I have been a member of SLUG for 6 years and until recently the mailing
> > list and the people were generally civil and showed respect for others. I
> > have noticed over the last year that this is no longer the case and there
> > are more people who seem to prefer to display their ego's with feedback
> > similar to the above rather than constructive information.
>
> A sad indictment of some of the behaviour we've all suffered
> through lately.
>
> How dare someone flame a newbie for asking a question? I suppose
> such flamers were born with the Linux knowledge they have and never
> had to ask an innocent question.
>
> Personally speaking, I spend more time on SLUG deleting useless
> irrelevant posts than reading the list.
>
> I'm sure a lot of us who are deeply involved in Linux, open systems,
> etc in the workplace and for research have little time for lists like
> the ilk of what this one has become.
>
> Sad, isn't it.
>
> > Well - goodbye to SLUG.
> > It was fun while it lasted.
>
> I bid Jason "so long and thanks for all the fish", and sit here
> contemplating what my next move will be.
>
> -rickw
>
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