22 Aug
2001
22 Aug
'01
7:08 p.m.
On Thu, 23 Aug 2001, Sipke de Wal wrote:
I basically believe in people's own
responsability. Having a gadget do
it for them will actually make them inclined to act less responsable.
Well, we leave everyone to their own devices today and that obviously
doesn't work (and never has throughout the history of this list...this is
a topic we keep having to re-visit) so we need something in place.
I think it will actually HELP people stay on topic because once they
realize their message has been swatted they'll start to learn.
Periodically stating the rules -clearly- would
certainly help. I for
one have never seen the classic.comp FAQ and I've been on the list for
over a year.
It's right there, on the ClassicCmp website:
http://www.penguincentral.com/retrocomputing/pix/classiccmp/P1000515.JPG
But what part of CLASSIC COMPUTERS MAILING LIST should encourage people to
discuss anything but!?!?
Everybody will make minor offenses once a while but I
would endorse
the removal from the list of those who repeatedly produce foul
language, bigotries or extreme (fringe) politics. It's also obvious
that thimble- or car- collection rants should go elsewhere.
Oh dear, there's that "foul language" phrase again. With the exception of
that, I agree (although I must say I don't think we've ever encountered
any bigotry...I would certainly have some choice words for any of that
type of noise).
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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