Stop the maddness!
bmcculley at rcn.com
bmcculley at rcn.com
Sun Apr 25 22:20:01 EDT 2004
How about a <noise at gnhlug.org> list for those who just can't
resist the off-topic?
---- Original message ----
>Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2004 22:08:54 -0400 (EDT)
>From: Benjamin Scott <bscott at ntisys.com>
>Subject: Stop the maddness!
>To: Greater NH Linux User Group <discuss at gnhlug.org>
>
>
> Okay, do we need to split the list into <on-topic> and
<off-topic> or what?
>
> I've always believed that this list is for and of GNHLUG
members, and not
>just about "Linux" or even "Free Software". GNHLUG members
tend to have
>common interests and concerns beyond those topics, as well as
open minds.
>That is what makes the group, and this forum, so useful. So,
as a firm
>believer in the free and open exchange of ideas, I considered
the occasional
>"non-Linux" content to be not only "acceptable" but
"worthwhile". Until
>recently, I assumed that people could reasonably police
themselves, and keep
>the noise down to a dull roar.
>
> However, lately, I have begun to suspect otherwise. Some
people have been
>using this list to push their pet political agendas, without
even a token
>attempt to veil it in Linux clothing. Even the tangentially
related stuff is
>starting to become overwhelming through sheer volume. This
latest
>NH/MA/taxes/traffic stuff totals around *seventy messages* in
a two-day
>period. That's a fair bit beyond "occasional non-Linux content".
>
> This kind of thing has caused the signal-to-noise ratio of
this forum to go
>crashing through the floor. Worse still, it chases people
away. People begin
>to see GNHLUG (and thus the entire Linux community) as noisy,
argumentative,
>and unhelpful. I consider that a major loss.
>
> So, I respectfully request that everybody here (and I
include myself in this
>admonition) try and keep the politics and other off-topic
noise off this list,
>and in a more appropriate forum (of which, as others have
noted in the past,
>there are many).
>
>--
>Ben Scott <bscott at ntisys.com>
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