> I deleted it as flame bait. I'm sick of people using sage-devel as a >> > forum to attack others >> >> I'm sick of it too. But this kind of unilateral actions only fuels the >> flame, it does not extinguish it. >> >> Especially given your position as a CEO of a for profit company, William. >> Even though you do not have the power to do the same with Sage as what just >> happened with MariaDB, the community is entitled with a legitimate >> (unfounded, I believe) fear of SageMath Inc. trying to do something similar >> at some point. This kind of unilateral censorship, although well >> intentioned, can only spark more of those flames. >> > > If people really want flame bait on this list, then I am going to stop > reading sage-devel. >
It's a tough call here, because in a technical sense it was accurate and not attacking, so I would be inclined to have handled it via a "This is flame bait" response message (and indeed perhaps moving to sage-flame, if that's possible). Even though I think regular readers of this know it was probably intended in some manner as an attack, for a first-time reader this might not have been clear. But the lack of context (despite the link provided) is definitely problematic. It would have been nice if someone other than the intended victim had been able to deal with the post, though, as it shouldn't have been his job. If having more moderators helps with that it's fine. But will there be enough moderators? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-devel" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
