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[Christopher Chan]

On Friday, April 08, 2011 09:45 PM, Michael wrote:
> Samuel Thurston wrote:
>> On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 7:11 AM, Avi Greenbury <lists at avi.co> wrote:
>>> Liam Proven wrote:
>>>> Translation: "I don't like the playground, the kids there are mean. So
>>>> I want it closed."
>>> Not really. This list is utterly not what people who sign up to it are
>>> likely to expect, going on the mailman description. If Canonical
>>> wanted to
>>> be hosting a mailing list dedicated to religious and political
>>> discussion,
>>> they'd do so and describe it as such.
>>>
>>> ubuntu-users is supposed to be for technical support; this list is
>>> supposed
>>> to be where the conversations that are not strictly technical
>>> support, but
>>> still ubuntu-related in some way, end up.
>>>
>>
>> Most of the threads start out as non-technical semi-ubuntu-related and
>> devolve. I think this owes a lot to the fact that many of the
>> non-technical issues surrounding Ubuntu are philosophical or
>> political. It also owes a lot that holy wars threads are often
>> instructed to "take it to sounder."
>>
>> The issue of closing sounder for this very reason has been brought up
>> no less than once per year since it started. I agree with liam that
>> if you want focus it's probably got to be moderated.
>>
>> If you don't personally like the content of an unmoderated list, leave
>> the list, or try to get it moderated. Advocating shutting down a
>> community service because you disapprove of how it's being used is
>> just odd...
>>
>
> "Advocating shutting down a community service because you disapprove of
> how it's being used is
> just odd..."
>
> I am going to be a hypocrite and add a "me too" statement. Me too! Good
> Lord, how hard is it to unsubscribe yourself if you don't like what you
> see? If the list is being utilized, it makes no sense to shut it down.
> Just another $0.02 worth - U.S. currency.
>

This looks like another example of community and "community". Although 
members of sounder are users of Ubuntu, they are not considered part of 
the "community" and therefore not deserving of a list that meets their 
needs. On IRC, there is an offtopic channel but there should not be an 
offtopic list?