[CentOS] Thread moderation and list etiquette (Reference - Another Fedora Decision)

[Valeri Galtsev]

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

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Valeri Galtsev
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Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics
Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics
University of Chicago
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