On Mon, May 21, 2007 at 06:19:12AM +0200, M. Fioretti wrote: > > On Sun, May 20, 2007 at 11:57:42AM +1000, Ben Finney wrote: > > > 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? By forum I meant whole Debian, not this list (should have put some quotes around). > Of course. How can you ask such a ridiculous question? Please think a > bit more before posting. First of all, going by your "logic", I could > invite all my friends to post here all the proposals on where to go on > vacation next summer or which DVD I should rent tomorrow. Just in case you missed my initial proposal, I was suggesting a separate list for OT, but still within the Debian project. This way when OT gets out of hand posters could move the thread to the OT list. I see this on the lists of a LUG and it works fairly well. Regards, Andrei -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. (Albert Einstein)
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