unsubscribe<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 2:15 PM, Adam Tauno Williams <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:awilliam@whitemice.org">awilliam@whitemice.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div class="im">On Fri, 2011-09-30 at 12:03 -0400, Benjamin Flanders wrote:<br>
> Nothing against any of you, you are all more knowledgeable than I, but<br>
> I say whats the damage? I don't particularly watch the politics, but<br>
> I just ignore the threads I don't want to read. Gmail makes this easy<br>
> with "mute"(others should have this feature as well) but I don't even<br>
> go that far, I usually open skim then archive. if it a thread I don't<br>
> even want to skim, I just archive. No harm no foul.<br>
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</div>This is a simple civility and netiquette issue. The technology is<br>
irrelevant.<br>
<br>
Forums have topics or at least a focus. Stay near it ... or go<br>
somewhere with the topic you are interested in. Using a forum to<br>
expound for your pulpit is an inappropriate use of the forum - unless<br>
the forum is mypulpit@<br>
<div class="im"><br>
> I kinda have to agree with Bob on this. Why tamp down ANY discussion,<br>
> when it is easy to just ignore or mute it. You might create an<br>
> environment where newbies are afraid to ask a question.<br>
<br>
</div>This has nothing to do with newbies-asking-questions. An un-managed<br>
forum is the most inhospitable place of all. Nothing will drive the<br>
most qualified participants away more effectively that broad sweeping<br>
generalized discussions with little bearing on the topic/focus.<br>
<br>
Why even have subject oriented forums?<br>
<br>
If I have to filter a forum - I just leave.<br>
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