<div dir="ltr">Today seems to be a great time to have joined the list. <br><br>To what degree is the trolling really occurring?<br><br>The phrase common sense pops up everywhere in <u>Free Culture</u>. I don't believe a list necessitates moderation. Just follow Tim's Rule #6: "Don't be an asshat." Simple and easy.<br>
<br>Alex<br><br clear="all">Alexander Leavitt<br>Boston University '09<br><a href="http://www.alexleavitt.com">http://www.alexleavitt.com</a><br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 11:27 PM, Fred Benenson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:fred.benenson@gmail.com">fred.benenson@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div dir="ltr">Yes, I'm totally lost on this back and forth too. <br><div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 12:27 PM, Nini last name <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bathroomreader3@hotmail.com" target="_blank">bathroomreader3@hotmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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Wait...what are we talking about?<br><br>> Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 22:25:45 -0500<br>> From: <a href="mailto:creighto@spunge.org" target="_blank">creighto@spunge.org</a><br>> To: <a href="mailto:discuss@freeculture.org" target="_blank">discuss@freeculture.org</a><br>
> Subject: Re: [FC-discuss] Liberating the FC list<div><div></div><div><br>> <br>> > Creighton Samuels wrote:<br>> >> I think you have missed my point. It is a choice that the list<br>
> >> membership *can* make, individually, without affecting the list<br>> >> membership in any other fashion. If *he* annoys you, killfile him and<br>> >> he will cease to exist for you. If he annoys everyone, he will cease to<br>
> >> exist entirely. No rules, committees, or offensive actions required.<br>> ><br>> > Thanks for the clarification.<br>> ><br>> <br>> <br>> I think that I'm still being misunderstood...<br>
> <br>> <br>> > I hope that people have been doing what you suggest thus far with people<br>> > they don't want to read. I assume that is how most mailing lists are<br>> > read. Read what you want, don't read what you don't want.<br>
> ><br>> > I think some people felt they weren't able to be effective members of<br>> > the mailing list by not reading entire weeks of email (which is what<br>> > would happen if people killfiled certain topics).<br>
> ><br>> <br>> I'm not talking about actively filtering groups of posts by subject<br>> header, every email client has a file for which any post that arrives from<br>> an email address listed is automaticly deleted, no operator input<br>
> required. Every email list I have ever been on (I average about 250-300<br>> emails received daily) forwards the sender's address, in part, for proper<br>> killfile operation. Any post from a disruptive individual listed in the<br>
> killfile will never be seen in any fashion by the reader, regardless of<br>> topic.<br>> <br>> > So yeah, I agree that ideally people should just ignore what they don't<br>> > want to read. But, I also see how some people feel it has gotten out of<br>
> > hand (certain discussions at least).<br>> ><br>> > Anyways, I think we agree in principle, I just might be more willing to<br>> > have groups set group specific guidelines. It is a trade-off though,<br>
> > certainly. And I don't profess know how to handle the situation in the<br>> > *best* fashion.<br>> ><br>> <br>> <br>> I think we are not far off, and I'm not opposed to "guidelines" in any<br>
> case, provided that they are not rigid. It's just the part about<br>> "enforcement" of guidelines that I am warning against. Personally, it's<br>> not likely to affect me either way, as generally I'm a passive lurker<br>
> anyway.<br>> <br>> Creighton<br>> <br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Discuss mailing list<br>> <a href="mailto:Discuss@freeculture.org" target="_blank">Discuss@freeculture.org</a><br>
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