5 Mar
2005
5 Mar
'05
11:57 p.m.
Jay West wrote:
As a list owner myself for the Software Collector's Mailing List (I too have
wrestled with mailman, so I feel Jay's pain), I think it's an unavoidable fact
that some threads will be off-topic no matter what people think, write, or do.
Charter/FAQ or not, there always have been and always will be off-topic
threads in any discussion forum, whether live or virtual. The most effective
way to combat this behavior is to ignore off-topic threads.
To wit: You say you want to stop cctalk/cctech from degenerating into a PC
support list? Then imagine what would have happened if the original message
had *simply been ignored and gone unanswered.* Same result (modern computer/OS
questions avoided), but without all the drama.
--
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If that's
off-topic, then so are discussions of, say, digitial
electronics.
I fully realize the lockpicking discussion started out on topic, that's
why I didn't jump on it. I don't recall jumping on it till it went way
off topic, as you noted that it did.