2011/7/17 Oliver Burger <[email protected]>: > 2011/7/17 Wolfgang Bornath <[email protected]>: >> 2011/7/17 Maarten Vanraes <[email protected]>: >>> I'd like to block complete threads that are started by a specific person on >>> the >>> -dev ML >>> >>> also if he would reply to a thread, all threading further down that chain... >> >> Ok, it's OT but what would you gain by that? You would not have to >> read the mails of this specific person, fine, but you will also miss >> all other mails by all other people participating in such threads. And >> what makes you believe that neither this spcific person nor all others >> will not say anything of interest for you in such threads? >> >> In an environment like this here - especially the -dev list - I regard >> this way as counter-productive for yourself but also for all others, >> to say the least. >> > Wobo, of course you are right, but as I wrote in of of those threads > in dev yesterday, when people start to > - calling other people names (and people who have worked for years on > all kinds of FLOSS projects) > - discredit other people's work > - affront other people > > I have to ignore them before I tell them what I do think of them... > I do not and that's not really good for my health :/
Ok, I can see the reason and I must admit that this thread was kind of a shock to me - I would not have thought that we would experience such a disgusting behavior in a technical mailing list. It went very fast beyond a limit so I refreined from giving my opinion there. That said, I would still think twice about a general block like Maarten wrote, the disadvantage may be too much and I think I would not let one or two bad guys stand in my way of information. -- wobo
