> Creighton Samuels wrote: >> I think you have missed my point. It is a choice that the list >> membership *can* make, individually, without affecting the list >> membership in any other fashion. If *he* annoys you, killfile him and >> he will cease to exist for you. If he annoys everyone, he will cease to >> exist entirely. No rules, committees, or offensive actions required. > > Thanks for the clarification. >
I think that I'm still being misunderstood... > I hope that people have been doing what you suggest thus far with people > they don't want to read. I assume that is how most mailing lists are > read. Read what you want, don't read what you don't want. > > I think some people felt they weren't able to be effective members of > the mailing list by not reading entire weeks of email (which is what > would happen if people killfiled certain topics). > I'm not talking about actively filtering groups of posts by subject header, every email client has a file for which any post that arrives from an email address listed is automaticly deleted, no operator input required. Every email list I have ever been on (I average about 250-300 emails received daily) forwards the sender's address, in part, for proper killfile operation. Any post from a disruptive individual listed in the killfile will never be seen in any fashion by the reader, regardless of topic. > So yeah, I agree that ideally people should just ignore what they don't > want to read. But, I also see how some people feel it has gotten out of > hand (certain discussions at least). > > Anyways, I think we agree in principle, I just might be more willing to > have groups set group specific guidelines. It is a trade-off though, > certainly. And I don't profess know how to handle the situation in the > *best* fashion. > I think we are not far off, and I'm not opposed to "guidelines" in any case, provided that they are not rigid. It's just the part about "enforcement" of guidelines that I am warning against. Personally, it's not likely to affect me either way, as generally I'm a passive lurker anyway. Creighton _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss
