Inappropriate tone on this mailing list and requirement for governance

[M. Fioretti]

On Wed, May 06, 2009 08:32:18 AM -0300, Ashley Benton wrote:

> I find it sad that this had to come to this point because some
> people could not behave and nobody seems able to just ignore them

The problem with ignoring such people is that they still scare away
**newcomers**. That's why trolls should be stopped, asap, and the only
way to do is to unsubscribe repeated offenders.

Me, I can assure you that I **completely** ignored the whole "stupid
-whatever- troublemaker" thread which lasted how long, 100+ messages?
I didn't even open the initial message, because combining the subject
with the sender, it was obvious to me, after many months here, what
would have happened.

But imagine the effect on somebody who had subscribed the day before
that thread started, knowing practically nothing of Linux, FOSS,
community, Ubuntu as human beings, etc... Would that thread strengthen
his/her commitment to try FOSS?


Marco Fioretti
Digital Rights writings -> http://mfioretti.com


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