Re: Debian Users list - signal to noise... is this normal?
On 2014-01-18 8:53 PM, Bob Proulx <bob@proulx.com> wrote:
Imagine again if every one of those people could speak without any
limitation. Or rather the only limitation is each person's own
discipline. That is basically what we have here. A small number of
participants without discipline.
And therein lies the problem.
A well organized town hall meeting with thousands of participants can
still be kept on topic as long as they have rules (Roberts Rules of
Order), and someone to enforce them.
Obviously it is the enforcement that is key.
If the debian-users list had moderators that actually cared, and were
willing to discipline the repeat offenders (after some warnings of
course, not looking for tyranny), then this problem could easily be
resolved.
The postfix list is a perfect example. Wietse/Victor wouldn't put up
with this crap for a second.
Anyway, it isn't that big a deal...
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