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

[Christopher House]

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On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 2:15 PM, Adam Tauno Williams <awilliam at whitemice.org
> wrote:

> On Fri, 2011-09-30 at 12:03 -0400, Benjamin Flanders 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.
>
> This is a simple civility and netiquette issue.  The technology is
> irrelevant.
>
> Forums have topics or at least a focus.  Stay near it ... or go
> somewhere with the topic you are interested in.  Using a forum to
> expound for your pulpit is an inappropriate use of the forum - unless
> the forum is mypulpit@
>
> > 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.
>
> This has nothing to do with newbies-asking-questions.  An un-managed
> forum is the most inhospitable place of all.  Nothing will drive the
> most qualified participants away more effectively that broad sweeping
> generalized discussions with little bearing on the topic/focus.
>
> Why even have subject oriented forums?
>
> If I have to filter a forum - I just leave.
>
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