<div dir="ltr">RIP this thread.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 12:34 PM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:creighto@spunge.org">creighto@spunge.org</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 class="Ih2E3d">> Yes, I'm totally lost on this back and forth too.<br>
><br>
<br>
</div>You can go back to the beginning and catch up, but it's really not worth<br>
the time.<br>
<br>
Creighton<br>
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> On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 12:27 PM, Nini last name <<br>
> <a href="mailto:bathroomreader3@hotmail.com">bathroomreader3@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
>> 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">creighto@spunge.org</a><br>
>> > To: <a href="mailto:discuss@freeculture.org">discuss@freeculture.org</a><br>
>> > Subject: Re: [FC-discuss] Liberating the FC list<br>
>><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<br>
>> and<br>
>> > >> he will cease to exist for you. If he annoys everyone, he will<br>
>> cease<br>
>> to<br>
>> > >> exist entirely. No rules, committees, or offensive actions<br>
>> 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<br>
>> 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<br>
>> 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<br>
>> 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<br>
>> 250-300<br>
>> > emails received daily) forwards the sender's address, in part, for<br>
>> proper<br>
>> > killfile operation. Any post from a disruptive individual listed in<br>
>> the<br>
>> > killfile will never be seen in any fashion by the reader, regardless<br>
>> of<br>
>> > topic.<br>
>> ><br>
>> > > So yeah, I agree that ideally people should just ignore what they<br>
>> don't<br>
>> > > want to read. But, I also see how some people feel it has gotten out<br>
>> of<br>
>> > > hand (certain discussions at least).<br>
>> > ><br>
>> > > Anyways, I think we agree in principle, I just might be more willing<br>
>> 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<br>
>> 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,<br>
>> it's<br>
>> > not likely to affect me either way, as generally I'm a passive lurker<br>
>> > anyway.<br>
>> ><br>
>> > Creighton<br>
>> ><br>
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