Linux Applications
Monty J. Harder
dmonster at juno.com
Tue Jan 23 04:37:29 CST 2001
On Mon, 22 Jan 2001 21:14:03 -0600 Bradley Miller
<bradmiller at dslonramp.com> writes:
> Actually, running a mailing list without rules causes more troubles
> than
> with some structure and organization. Right now it doesn't seem
I have some experience with this. I used to run a BBS that was a
member of the U'NI international echo net. We did have "some structure
and organization", but what was most important was that we had a sense of
community of people willing to police themselves. Instead of
"moderators", we had "hosts". I usually considered it a failure on my
part when I had to ask a sysop to discipline a user in one of my
conferences.
> like a
> big deal (because we don't have that much traffic) but without
Right. We have informal rules. Most of them are common sense:
> 1) No profanity
> 2) On topic with Linux related topics
> 3) No blatant spams/solicitations
> 4) No flaming
> 5) No replies to non-topic or flames
Depending on how you define "on topic", "blatant" and "flaming". Not
to mention what "is" is. <g>
I might cross the line on 1) sometimes, depending on where you draw it,
and I certainly don't mind anyone else doing it. We're all adults here,
aren't we? I don't mind someone adhering to 2) and breaking 3). If
someone breaks 4), I'll avoid breaking 5) by taking the discussion
off-list.
Uh-oh. This whole thread is off-topic, so everyone that participates
in it is breaking 2), 5), or both.
So do we have to ban ourselves from the list for a week?
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