[FC-discuss] Liberating the FC list

[Greg Grossmeier]

Creighton Samuels wrote:
> I think you have missed my point.  It is a choice that the list 
> membership *can* make, individually, without affecting the list 
> membership in any other fashion.  If *he* annoys you, killfile him and 
> he will cease to exist for you.  If he annoys everyone, he will cease to 
> exist entirely.  No rules, committees, or offensive actions required.

Thanks for the clarification.

I hope that people have been doing what you suggest thus far with people 
they don't want to read. I assume that is how most mailing lists are 
read.  Read what you want, don't read what you don't want.

I think some people felt they weren't able to be effective members of 
the mailing list by not reading entire weeks of email (which is what 
would happen if people killfiled certain topics).

So yeah, I agree that ideally people should just ignore what they don't 
want to read.  But, I also see how some people feel it has gotten out of 
hand (certain discussions at least).

Anyways, I think we agree in principle, I just might be more willing to 
have groups set group specific guidelines.  It is a trade-off though, 
certainly.  And I don't profess know how to handle the situation in the 
*best* fashion.

All the best,

Greg