Off topic and other offensive posts

[Charlie Kravetz]

On Thu, 7 May 2009 10:32:24 -0700 (PDT)
Leonard Chatagnier <lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> 
> 
> --- On Thu, 5/7/09, Robert Parker <rlp1938 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > From: Robert Parker <rlp1938 at gmail.com>
> > Subject: Off topic and other offensive posts
> > To: "Ubuntu-users" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> > Date: Thursday, May 7, 2009, 12:00 PM
> > Seems to me that the noise on the list about what to do
> > about posts
> > that are outside the guidelines has reached about 5 times
> > the volume
> > of the offensive stuff. I'd say that this is fairly
> > normal in the
> > circumstances.
> > 
> > Just my 6.5 THB
> > 
> Agreed.  This is way too much and with all the related subject
> matter, it's doing more harm to the list than all the stuff that's
> being complained about. Some facts, IMHO: This is a worldwide user
> list with many diversified cultures and you will never get total,
> complete agreement on any subject; so why try.
> 
> There is more of this crap being discussed on the list, than actual
> Ubuntu and OS issues and I wonder why.  Maybe we just like to hear
> ourselves talk about stupid issues.
> 
> These OT issues are getting so bad and long that I have now degraded
> myself to just deleting the legitimate user mail and only reading the
> OT subjects.  This ain't good for the list.
> 
> If I were still a Newbie and checking out this list, I would very
> quickly go somewhere else and avoid this list like the plague. 
> 
> Can't we please stop all this trash and get back to the real business
> of the Ubuntu User list before irreparable harm is done.
> 
> I don't really care if we have a moderator(s) or whatever, but those
> of you that feel that something needs to be done then please take it
> off list and do what you will. It doesn't matter to me what you do as
> long as it doesn't detract from list's business.  IMO, these OT
> threads would just die off, and should, if people would just try hard
> not to reply to them.  In a lot of cases, one says something to steps
> on another persons nationality, country or creed and that person just
> must reply; good, let him as he is entitled to do so, but let it die
> down as quickly as possible.  We don't need all the OT noise in any
> case and it's not helping the list. FWIW, my 2 cents. Leonard
> Chatagnier lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net
> 
> 

Unfortunately, we now have about 5 or 6 topics for this one subject. It
sure would be nice if no one else started a new subject to discuss the
same thing again. 

It is much easier to ignore the thread if the entire discussion would
remain in the same thread.
-- 
Charlie Kravetz 
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