On 16 October 2010 16:01, Serge Wroclawski <emac...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > That's really a technical issue: synchronizing accounts. Let's not get > caught up in implementation details. > > > Anybody who doesn't like readiing postings by ... > > just filter them. > > The problem with disruptive people goes beyond the individual reading the > post. > > If I'm a newcommer to the project and I see widespread dissent, > untruthes, personal attacks, etc. this will turn me off. Even if I'm > not a newcommer, am I to now take this task on of filtering every > person? > > The mailing lists aren't public in the sense of free speech. Anyone is > allowed to say what they want using their own soapbox, but this is a > communal space and as such, has communal rules. > > So where else would people express their opinions if not on these lists? If there is "widespread dissent" on a subject it surely means that there is a problem that needs to be resolved not just papered over. Kevin
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