On Sat, 2003-11-15 at 11:02, Wade Preston Shearer wrote: > I know that this has been suggested a million times before... and that > many feelings for and against have been offered... and that some work > has even been made toward such a thing (the "free" mailing list that is > currently inactive), but... > > I would like to suggest it again, as I feel that there are many that > share my same opinion. > > I am tired of hearing banters, even in humor, back and forth about > which distro and which editor is better. There is nothing wrong, and it > is actually beneficial, to share your opinion and experience, but > simply stating... "this is better... no this is better... no this is > better... no this is better..." is a waste of everyone's time. Why > can't someone post to the group that is a newbie ask for people's > opinion about which distro to try without starting a hundred-email, > four-day thread about "no... this distro is better?" > > I would like to suggest that we have two lists... > > #1 FEELINGS > This list would be about feelings... how I FEEL about something.... a > list that is social place... where people can talk about the weather, > how their day went, and how they FEEL about things. > > #2 TECHNICAL, WORK, HOW-TO, GETTING THINGS DONE > Then, a second list would be about getting work done... how do i > install this... what does this error mean... how do i get this to > work... why does this happen... what distro should I start with? This > second list first would be moderated... and when anything get's to be > beyond a recommendation... when it gets to the point where it is > "off-topic..." where the topic has changed from what the original post > was about... and is not into the area of just conversation between a > few people... it can be restricted and moved to the other list. > > I personally am not a member of the group for the social aspect. I am > here to help people with problems, to share and gain knowledge, to keep > current on technology, and to interact with follow computer people. I > am tired of lengthy threads about if "this is or isn't a flame ware > day... and how I am going to post anyway because it's funny... yeah... > it's funny." > > I understand that there are others that are members of the club that > ARE here for the social aspect though... so can we have two lists? > Moderated?
The problem is that most often, a particular comment may contain material subject to both of the proposed lists. Generally a thread starts out being technical, and then devolves into a mud-slinging/philosophical/(insert other adjective here) type of discussion, and it is sometimes are to draw the line. Of course, there is the occasional post which simply doesn't have anything to do with anything technical, but those will come no matter what. Anyway, just my two cents. Wait...do I post this to the "Feelings" list or to the "Technical" list? Oh, I had better cross post, just to make sure everybody gets a copy, after all whatever I have to say is important. :P Hyrum -- KD7YQK ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
