[FC-discuss] Liberating the FC list

[Greg Grossmeier]

agreed. so, who won the game last night?

creighto at spunge.org wrote:
>> Yes, I'm totally lost on this back and forth too.
>>
> 
> You can go back to the beginning and catch up, but it's really not worth
> the time.
> 
> Creighton
> 
>> On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 12:27 PM, Nini last name <
>> bathroomreader3 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>  Wait...what are we talking about?
>>>
>>>> Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 22:25:45 -0500
>>>> From: creighto at spunge.org
>>>> To: discuss at freeculture.org
>>>> Subject: Re: [FC-discuss] Liberating the FC list
>>>>> 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 think that I'm still being misunderstood...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> 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).
>>>>>
>>>> I'm not talking about actively filtering groups of posts by subject
>>>> header, every email client has a file for which any post that arrives
>>> from
>>>> an email address listed is automaticly deleted, no operator input
>>>> required. Every email list I have ever been on (I average about
>>> 250-300
>>>> emails received daily) forwards the sender's address, in part, for
>>> proper
>>>> killfile operation. Any post from a disruptive individual listed in
>>> the
>>>> killfile will never be seen in any fashion by the reader, regardless
>>> of
>>>> topic.
>>>>
>>>>> 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.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I think we are not far off, and I'm not opposed to "guidelines" in any
>>>> case, provided that they are not rigid. It's just the part about
>>>> "enforcement" of guidelines that I am warning against. Personally,
>>> it's
>>>> not likely to affect me either way, as generally I'm a passive lurker
>>>> anyway.
>>>>
>>>> Creighton
>>>>
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