Re: Suggestion for offtopic-list
Matej Cepl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Andrei Popescu wrote: Why not simply create a debian-offtopic list? I don't see that much off-topic discussion here (IMHO, anything related to Debian user experience is on-topic here and that's pretty wide topic), but the problem of all off-topic lists is that people who don't care enough to not write off-topic posts, will not switch to off-topic list. Matěj I'm also subscribed to the lists of the Romanian LUG. There it works most of the time (separate lists for humor, offtopic, ...) Andrei -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. (Albert Einstein) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Suggestion for offtopic-list
Andrei Popescu wrote: I see a significant percent of the traffic on this list being due to off-topic threads. And some contributors are complaining about the unnecessary traffic. Why not simply create a debian-offtopic list? I suggest the following scheme: - create off-topic list. - move all threads that are way off topic (Oregon, brocoli etc.) to that list; ie filter all replies to debian-offtopic - automatically redirect all mails from people who have participated in five consecutive mails that are way off topic to debian-offtopic. (Alternatively set up a scheme to quarantine those for a certain amount of time) It has been suggested before, that anyone not interested in way offtopic discussions could a) ignore the thread or b) filter it out. I seriously think it would be the better approach, if one person would do that for the list, instead of everyone himself/herself for the sanity of the mailbox/to reduce network traffic (yes, I occasionally read the list via my dial-up modem). Posting stuff that is way off topic is like spam, but it's worse, since it is more difficult to filter it automatically. [NB: this relates to stuff that even in the broadest sense is not related to debian or computing - like gas prices in Oregon etc.] Just my opinion, Johannes -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Suggestion for offtopic-list
Hello everybody, Sorry if it has been discused before, but ... I see a significant percent of the traffic on this list being due to off-topic threads. And some contributors are complaining about the unnecessary traffic. Why not simply create a debian-offtopic list? Andrei -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. (Albert Einstein) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Suggestion for offtopic-list
Andrei Popescu [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hello everybody, Sorry if it has been discused before, but ... I see a significant percent of the traffic on this list being due to off-topic threads. And some contributors are complaining about the unnecessary traffic. Why not simply create a debian-offtopic list? because the way these people careen off topic at the tip of a hat, they would immediately start providing Debian support on that list. -- -Angelina Carlton- orchid on irc.freenode.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] web:bzgirl.bakadigital.com -- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Suggestion for offtopic-list
On Wed, 23 Aug 2006 22:04:09 +0300 Andrei Popescu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Why not simply create a debian-offtopic list? Why not join the fray at the Mandrake (Mandriva) Off topic list) we need some new victims ^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H list members The signup address is at http://mandrakeot.mdw1982.com/ and you dont even have to be mandrake/mandriva oriented :) Andrei -- David E. Fox Thanks for letting me [EMAIL PROTECTED]change magnetic patterns [EMAIL PROTECTED] on your hard disk. --- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Suggestion for offtopic-list
Andrei Popescu wrote: Why not simply create a debian-offtopic list? I don't see that much off-topic discussion here (IMHO, anything related to Debian user experience is on-topic here and that's pretty wide topic), but the problem of all off-topic lists is that people who don't care enough to not write off-topic posts, will not switch to off-topic list. Matěj -- GPG Finger: 89EF 4BC6 288A BF43 1BAB 25C3 E09F EF25 D964 84AC http://www.ceplovi.cz/matej/blog/, Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 23 Marion St. #3, (617) 876-1259, ICQ 132822213 Our lives are spectacles of powerlessness. -- Richard Rohr -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
