On Fri, February 13, 2015 12:07 pm, Karanbir Singh wrote: > On 12/02/15 16:51, Brian Mathis wrote: > >> Thanks for putting in the effort here. It's never a good situation to >> have >> to moderate, but sometimes it is necessary. >> >> From my perspective, this kind of thing happens far more often than the >> current example, though maybe not with such intensity. This situation > > A large part of this is that some of the regular people are now using > the list as a way to socialise and contribute 'me too' or 'yes/no' sort > of comments that dont really have much relevance to the real thread. All > of this not only makes the list unwelcoming to new users, it also > dramatically drops the quality of conversation. > > If moderating is the only way to restore sanity and keep things > productive for the folks bringing through conversations then so be it, > we will start putting individual accounts on moderation. > (answering off the list to diminish buzz) More than agree. Valeri ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Valeri Galtsev Sr System Administrator Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics University of Chicago Phone: 773-702-4247 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++