[GRLUG] Please no more "NOT LINUX" on this *off-topic* topic [Was: NOT LINUX]

[Michael Mol]

On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 12:03 PM, Benjamin Flanders <flanderb at gmail.com> wrote:
> Nothing against any of you, you are all more knowledgeable than I, but
> I say whats the damage?  I don't particularly watch the politics, but
> I just ignore the threads I don't want to read.  Gmail makes this easy
> with "mute"(others should have this feature as well) but I don't even
> go that far, I usually open skim then archive.  if it a thread I don't
> even want to skim, I just archive.  No harm no foul.
>
> I kinda have to agree with Bob on this.  Why tamp down ANY discussion,
> when it is easy to just ignore or mute it.  You might create an
> environment where newbies are afraid to ask a question.
>
> Just my thoughts

It doesn't stop those of us with smartphones from receiving email
after email, alert after alert on the subject. (A little harder to
filter things out that way)

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