[ADMIN] Additional moderator(s) sought for ubuntu-users list

[Ernest Doub]

On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 12:44 AM, Ric Moore <wayward4now at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 09/27/2011 02:58 PM, Avi Greenbury wrote:
>
>> Cybe R. Wizard wrote:
>>
>>  On Tue, 27 Sep 2011 19:35:38 +0100
>>> Avi Greenbury<lists at avi.co>  wrote:
>>>
>>>  There's only a few users who habitually post
>>>> off-topic replies, and I suspect that the intended effect is
>>>> precisely for them to leave...
>>>>
>>>
>>> But didn't you, in your last post, opine:
>>> "Nobody's stopping anyone using it. This is just an attempt to make a
>>> technical support list be a technical support list."
>>>
>>> That doesn't jibe with what you've said in the post to which I now
>>> reply which supposes that to be the very reason for the new and
>>> heaver moderation, to stop people from using it.
>>>
>>>
>> I said anyone is allowed to use it, which is true. I didn't say that
>> anyone is permitted to do exactly as they wish on it, since they're not.
>>
>> As with most places, anyone is allowed in so long as they play by the
>> rules.
>>
>>  Avi, would you agree that your are actively participating in an off-topic
> non-technical thread because the topic matters to you? Sure, you can
> "justify" it from your set of perspectives, while someone else might tag is
> as objectionable noise. Yet, no one calls you on this, as you are respected
> and quite often come up with something useful and you try to help others. An
> "over-zealous" moderator might have already pulled the plug on you. And me,
> and n00p and Go Lip and anyone else that pursues a topic that is off-topic,
> just for fun.
>
> Quite a few humans will resist the notion that we become answer spewing
> automatisms (the process of objectification) as that would suit you. Trained
> seals bark for fish. How are we being paid? It's not in money, it's in a
> sense of community. Good neighbors know their neighbors. They talk over the
> fence. Here, we enjoy writing. Otherwise, we wouldn't be here. If you figure
> we should all SHUT-UP until a question of merit comes across, spew an answer
> and then SHUT-UP again, that's a rather joyless proposition.
>
> But, here I am, responding to an off-topic thread, in order for you to see
> another perspective. We have just participated in a very human exchange of
> ideas and perspectives. Heavens forbid we've offended another's
> sensibilities and rigid (read controlling - shoulds- my way or the highway -
> failure to live up to my expectations, all part of the over 100 elements of
> criminal thinking) mindset that explodes when given responsibility that they
> are not trained by temperament, experience or schooling to handle. Anyone
> truly qualified for the job wouldn't want it. And that leaves... ?
>
> :) Ric
>
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> ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity.
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