Sauna - (was: This list)

[Paul Sladen]

On Tue, 19 Apr 2011, Douglas Pollard wrote:
> I find it amazing that anyone would expect a mailing list to be 
> successful unmoderated.

It's a bit like Sauna.  It's lovely, warm, relaxed and self-cleansing.

Until people who don't know the rules wander in;  at that point either
peer-pressure quickly deals with the situation (people learn fast
or politely get asked to leave).

Failing that, the Sauna has probably become unlovely, unrelaxing, and
no doubt littered with broken beer bottles.  When everyone who /was/
enjoying the sauna has walked out to go somewhere else and the hosts
have finally put out the fire it'll be ... cold too.

And that's where we're at.  Well built Sauna though, it's taken over
six-and-a-half-years to cool down.

> There are people right here on this list that can moderate

What would you do?

  * So far, some have failed to respond to the peer-pressure.
  * Failed to show at a Community Council, or even put it on the Agenda.
  * Notched up the offensive rhetoric afterwards thus proving the above

> This list can then be a supplier of input of value.

Could be (future tense).  Has been (past tense).  Is currently? (No).

-Paul  (IMHO. E&OE)