Re: [OT] Re: Please kill the noise
On Thu, 06 Oct 2011 10:15:07 -0400
Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@meetinghouse.net> wrote:
> Stan Hoeppner wrote:
> > All of the off topic crap the last couple of days is making it more
> > difficult to assist those who actually need help with Debian.
> >
> > Debian is an OS for _mature_ Linux users. Please act like one and
> > stop this juvenile OT nonsense.
> >
>
> What's your problem? It's interesting stuff, and everyone is being
> polite and marking it [OT] and all that (except you, I might note).
> Maybe you should learn to use your delete key and/or kill-file stuff
> containing "[OT]"
>
The point has often been made that this list is for Debian 'Users' and
not therefore strictly Debian subject matter. I think a bit of social
interaction does have the tendency to create 'community' which is
Debian's strength, so it could be viewed as productive.
What I have seen, with the clearly marked OT threads is the ability to
ignore/delete them as I do when I look through and delete any other
threads that I am not currently interested in or can't help with.
The 'noise' on this list is nothing to what I have seen in the past.
One, I remember, over communist mainland China and Taiwan that
resulted, very regretfully, in a kernel developer leaving.
We are human beings and not automatons.
We use different oil.
Regards,
Weaver.
--
"In a world without walls and fences,
what need have we for Windows or Gates?"
-Anon.
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