I don't believe this isn't the appropriate place to be discussing whether you think discussing gun zones or someone's stupidity is worse, on or off list. On Jun 23, 2015 6:32 PM, "Andrew Dahl" <droidjd at gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks, Rick -- I recall reading that post now. > > My real issue here is just how these posts are dealt with. The responses > are immediately personal and, for a community, that's the least welcoming > thing we could allow. > > It'd be great if we could stay on topic, but that's not always going to be > the case. So, instead of attacking anyone who posts something off topic, > consider either ignoring it or replying politely with a simple "I don't > believe this isn't the appropriate place to be discussing <topic>" on or > off list. If they listen and understand, then great. If they don't, then > just ignore their future posts. Yelling at them isn't going to do anything > at that point and will just annoy everyone else, potentially driving off > the lurkers. > > If we can stick to and agree on that, my vote would be that we don't need > moderation. > > TL;DR: Stating you like or dislike gun zones is less harmful than > insinuating you think someone's stupid for that belief. It'd be nice to not > have to deal with either though. > > Just my two cents. > -Andrew > > On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 3:46 PM Rick Tanner <rick at tanners.org> wrote: > >> On 6/23/15 3:37 PM, Andrew Dahl wrote: >> > What are the chances of instating one or more moderators? >> >> It was brought up before, and the consensus of those who took the time >> to respond was - no moderators. >> >> http://archives.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/2014-March/065013.html >> >> (Yes, that post was made by me while wearing my email list admin badge.) >> >> That email also covers a list of criteria to strongly consider (IMO) for >> moderator(s) before this is implemented. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >> tclug-list at mn-linux.org >> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >> > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20150623/123a6551/attachment.html>