<br><br> <div><span class="gmail_quote">On 4/2/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Chanchao</b> <<a href="mailto:custom@freenet.de">custom@freenet.de</a>> wrote:</span> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">On Sun, 2006-04-02 at 18:09 +0100, Matthew East wrote:<br> I CAN totally see why Jeff would raise an eyebrow <br>at some of the posts, but really whats needed then is to create a more<br>private list for people actually seriously involved with Ubuntu, plus<br>perhaps some VERY senior, serious users, etc, discussing the direction <br>of Ubuntu.  (I wouldn't expect to be invited to that one. :D</blockquote> <div> </div> <div> <div>The forums' community café section for community discussions faced the same problems.  The "Backyard" section was created to host discussions which are pretty much unrelated to ubuntu.  By default, the Backyard section is not included in any forum searches by default and is not readable unless you are logged in, but it is not by any means a private section.  It's just not the most visible forum section. </div> <div> </div> <div>It seems to work and the less politically-correct discussions that happen there do not taint the reputation of the rest of the forums.</div> <div> </div> <div><a href="http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=11">http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=11</a></div> <div><a href="http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=121">http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=121</a></div></div><br>I'm not really suggesting to create another mailing list - I'm just pimping the forums...  The ubuntu comunity does need a place to be able to discuss non-ubuntu related topics. </div> <div> </div> <div> </div>