On Sun, May 20, 2007 at 11:57:42AM +1000, Ben Finney wrote: > Joey is, I believe, referring to a healthy level of off-topic > discussions on *any* list, not to creating a specific area for > "off-topic" messages. For the messages to be "social lubricant", they > need to be *interspersed* with the on-topic discussions in a way that > doesn't detract from the discussions. > > If the volume of messages in an off-topic thread is large enough that > an entire separate list is being considered, the off-topic diversion > is already beyond the level Joey describes as "social lubricant" and > into the level of disruptive noise. So people who "know" each other for years on this list are condemned to keep discussions (mostly) on-topic or leave the forum? How is this benefic to the community? Regards, Andrei -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. (Albert Einstein)
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