On Mon, 2011-10-03 at 19:39 -0700, Mike Connors wrote: > On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 7:26 PM, Fernando Freire <freir...@up.edu> wrote: > > On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 6:56 PM, Jameson Williams > > <jame...@jamesonwilliams.com> wrote: > > > What is preventing our list administrators from removing the offending > > party > > > from the subscribers list,
snip > > > > As Galen Sietz mentioned in a thread in PLUG-TALK, the list > > administrators take a different tack to the situation: > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/pipermail/plug/2004-May/032032.html > > > > Banning even a single member from this list (no matter what side of > > this issue you fall on) has the potential to snowball into something > > much nastier; I'd hate to see a GNU/Linux mailing list degenerate into > > a walled garden where discussion about free software is maintained by > > a select few. snip > > I agree with all of that. But allow me to play devil's advocate for a bit. > Is it fair to new people coming on to the list to have to deal with this and > just > learn to deal with it their own way? Is it also in the list's best interest > if people find unsubscribing the least painful option? It sorta reminds me of the history of how Linus got started, based on his discussions with Andy Tannebaum. But as strongly as they disagreed w/r/t the right kind of kernel, their disagreements were on topic for Linux/Unix. Today, Linus is known as a "benevolent dictator" w/r/t Linux development. Thus, I would not object to a list where there is a "benevolent dictator"(s) who can gently keep us nudged back onto topic. But as such, that benevolent dictator needs the authority to enforce community standards. And in our free marketplace of ideas, there's always another group available for that rare user who might get knocked off here or there. And there's always another chance for such users to find some maturity. In fact, this group is the most "hands-off" group that I've seen w/r/t moderation. I know the Ubuntu lists have some more well defined and enforced community standards. (ref http://www.ubuntu.com/community/conduct ) Thanks, Mike _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
