<div dir="ltr">OK (mostly) guys, I'm attaching notes <div>from about 18 months ago when the group</div><div>censoring issue went around the last time.</div><div>Pretty clearly a number of strong willed </div><div>individuals still believe it's their role to </div>
<div>define the scope of discussion in this group,</div><div>and what I think has happened is that </div><div>someone attempted to overtly filter material</div><div>they don't like. The mention of a moderator</div><div>
did not pop up by accident, and I believe it's</div><div>part of an unfinished attempt by someone to</div><div>explicitly block what they don't like. Ballsy</div><div>and arrogant, it is nevertheless what it seems.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I'm the one who started the "NOT LINUX" </div><div>subject line in an effort to appease what I'll </div><div>still call the gang of four, who, in the snippets </div><div>below, make their own case. They simply </div>
<div>don't like content they don't approve of, even</div><div>if it's trivial to avoid. The reasons strike me</div><div>as pure BS, since during the last 10 years </div><div>that I've participated in the group there was</div>
<div>mostly room for more general computer </div><div>discussions that people could participate in</div><div>or not, at their discretion.</div><div><br></div><div style>So, I guess the group is mostly about about</div><div style>
those want answers to their IT job problems,</div><div style>solutions to their hobby projects, and whatever</div><div style>else they deem appropriate. I'll remind you of</div><div style>the ever so interesting flame wars in the past</div>
<div style>about posting at the top or bottom of e-mails.</div><div style>If that wasn't inane I don't know the meaning</div><div style>of the word. But many here participated with</div><div style>gusto, as though the whole thing had any real</div>
<div style>meaning at all. And of course there was </div><div style>nervous Greg, who never could cope with the</div><div style>notion of not getting his way, and left after a</div><div style>few disparaging remarks about the rest of us</div>
<div style>Neanderthals.</div><div style><br></div><div style>But there are limits to everything, and as </div><div style>some here suggest, other venues. And of course</div><div style>others with more wide ranging interests, even</div>
<div style>within the scope of computing. So I'll be on</div><div style>my way as well. Like Mike, I don't want my</div><div style>bandwidth absorbed by anything I don't like - </div><div style>all 600 GB a month of it. And like Dave</div>
<div style>Pembroke, I shouldn't have to suffer affronts</div><div style>to a pure world of narrow technological interests</div><div style>just because some commercial yahoos want</div><div style>to take over the Internet. Like him, I don't have</div>
<div style>time for it any more either. Yup. I only know </div><div style>what I like, and that's good enough for anybody.</div><div style><br></div><div style>To some of the rest of you, it's been a pleasure.</div>
<div style>One learns things, and hopefully contributes a</div><div style>little. Godwin, it would have been interesting to</div><div style>see you at least once, but as a background </div><div style>presence - to me anyway - the group is your </div>
<div style>baby, and has mostly helped the world move </div><div style>forward.</div><div style><br></div><div style> -- Bob</div><div style><br></div><div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>****************************</div>
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</div><div id=":40p" class="" style="font-size:13px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-bottom:5px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><div id=":40o">[all content removed]<br><br>I have no issue with the occasion off-topic post or thread-tangent ...<br>
but this is getting *old*. The over-and-over "NOT LINUX" subject line<br>should indicate: find somewhere else to post - somewhere where this is<br>on-topic.<br><br>There *are* forums and lists dedicated to net-neutrality and related<br>
issues [which all these "NOT LINUX' posts seem to be about]. Join one<br><span class="" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">of</span> those if that is your focus. There isn't even any variety <span class="" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">of</span> topic<br>
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<div id=":42u"><div class="im">On 9/30/2011 11:16 AM, Adam Tauno Williams wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">
[all content removed]<br><br>I have no issue with the occasion off-topic post or thread-tangent ...<br>but this is getting *old*. The over-and-over "NOT LINUX" subject line<br>should indicate: find somewhere else to post - somewhere where this is<br>
on-topic.<br><br>There *are* forums and lists dedicated to net-neutrality and related<br>issues [which all these "NOT LINUX' posts seem to be about]. Join one<br><span class="" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204);color:rgb(34,34,34)">of</span> those if that is your focus. There isn't even any variety <span class="" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204);color:rgb(34,34,34)">of</span> topic<br>
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<div id=":43t"><div class="im">On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 11:16 AM, Adam Tauno Williams<br><<a href="mailto:awilliam@whitemice.org">awilliam@whitemice.org</a>> wrote:<br>> [all content removed]<br>><br>> I have no issue with the occasion off-topic post or thread-tangent ...<br>
> but this is getting *old*. The over-and-over "NOT LINUX" subject line<br>> should indicate: find somewhere else to post - somewhere where this is<br>> on-topic.<br>><br>> There *are* forums and lists dedicated to net-neutrality and related<br>
> issues [which all these "NOT LINUX' posts seem to be about]. Join one<br>> <span class="" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204);color:rgb(34,34,34)">of</span> those if that is your focus. There isn't even any variety <span class="" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204);color:rgb(34,34,34)">of</span> topic<br>
> in this off-topic posts.<br><br></div>Concur. Even within the topic, it's rehashing the same points over and<br>over again. It's really, really old. I wasn't going to bite on this<br>last one, but I'm happy to agree that it's not useful or interesting<br>
</div></div><div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">on this list any</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"> </span><span class="" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">more</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">.</span></div>
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<div id=":2g1">Nothing against any <span class="" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">of</span> you, you are all <span class="" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">more</span> 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><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>Just my thoughts<br><br><br>Share and Enjoy<br></div></div><div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">Ben</span></div><div><br></div><div>*************************</div><div><br></div><div class="" style="padding-left:0px;font-size:13px;color:rgb(34,34,34)">
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<div id=":44b"><div class="im">On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 12:03 PM, Benjamin Flanders <<a href="mailto:flanderb@gmail.com">flanderb@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> Nothing against any <span class="" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204);color:rgb(34,34,34)">of</span> you, you are all <span class="" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204);color:rgb(34,34,34)">more</span> 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>><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>> Just my thoughts<br><br></div>It doesn't stop those <span class="" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">of</span> us with smartphones from receiving email<br>
after email, alert after alert on the subject. (A little harder to<br></div></div><div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">filter things out that way)</span></div><div><br></div><div>************************</div><div><br></div>
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<div id=":45t">Most users on here are intelligent enough to determine if the (off)<br>topic is relevant to the group. Some <span class="" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">of</span> these OTs are interesting, and<br>
surely some are WTF?s.<br>In any case, a quick filter for "off topic" OR "not linux", and delete<br>solves the problem for me.<br></div></div><div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">- Nick</span></div><div>
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<div id=":46b">That really doesn't work as threads evolve and the subject doesn't always change with the topic. Sure you can add the filter but unless we create rules for identifying off topic threads, your going to delete <span class="" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">more</span> mail than intended in the long run. With mail going to multiple devices on multiple platforms its a pain in the neck.<br>
<br>This is really about what we want to talk about as a group here. What about religion? We have politics now...<br><br>The person who started this when criticized, had to get personal calling us a <span class="" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">gang</span> <span class="" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">of</span> 4. He just shows how weak his position is that way. I would label his comments <span class="" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">more</span> against free speech than those <span class="" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">of</span> us that would like political topics in political forums. I like a good political discussion, but is that what this forum is about?<br>
<br>This isn't about one post, this is about long off topic threads.<br><br></div></div><div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">Dave</span> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>