[OT] get rid of OT

[Billie Walsh]

On 10/03/2011 03:41 AM, Patton Echols wrote:
> On 09/29/2011 08:57 AM, rikona wrote:
>>
>> Hmmm... originally I had reservations about heavy policing, but did
>> not want to add to the already loud OT noise. But, in posting a
>> somewhat different solution, and immediately getting a flippant answer
>> or sarcasm, I can see that perhaps your approach is the only thing
>> that might work. There are clearly some folks that do NOT want a
>> solution to the OT noise.
>>
>
> This entire discussion presupposes that ubuntu-users is broken and must
> be fixed. While there are certainly threads that go spiraling out of
> control, even the most verbal on those threads behave well by staying in
> the thread, making it easy to ignore.
>
> If there are 5,000 subscribers, (five THOUSAND?!?) is the list really
> broken? I find it hard to belive that so many people would stay
> subscribed to a list that was all noise with no worthwhile signal.
>
>

I don't believe the list is "broken". I seldom post, except a bit more 
lately, but have learned a lot from just reading. I find the <Delete> 
button to come in VERY handy for most of the traffic though.

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