<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 7:41 PM, Craig White <<a href="mailto:craigwhite@azapple.com">craigwhite@azapple.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"> On Tue, 2011-09-27 at 13:33 -0500, Cybe R. Wizard wrote: > On Tue, 27 Sep 2011 19:25:10 +0100 > Avi Greenbury <<a href="mailto:lists@avi.co">lists@avi.co</a>> wrote: > > > > Oh, wait, Ubuntu is the Linux for Human Beings except for you and > > > you and... > > > > Nobody's stopping anyone using it. > > ...yet. What do you think moderation is all about? Friendliness? > Hardly, someone who shall remain nameless has decided that some > viewpoints aren't desirous and are attempting to stop their > dissemination. What else can it possibly be for? ---- moderation sucks the current list mom thing practiced here also sucks that the spew of OT banter makes moderation a viable option sucks ---- > > BTW, where are Karl Larson, Space Ghost, Res, ...? ---- thankfully not showing any presence. Craig -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. <div><div></div><div class="h5"> -- ubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> </div></div></blockquote></div>"When you're a hammer everything looks like a nail" When you're a moderator anything deviating from your ideal of what is on topic is subject to moderation. Only way to control it is to subject all postings to a vote requiring at least a majority blackball the post. But then that bogs down any request for aid or troubleshooting making the list even less useful than having to sort through a few ot postings. ED -- <a href="http://linuxcounter.net/cert/544489.png" target="_blank"></a>Accidental deaths by firearms account for less than 1% of the 30,000. There are three times as many medical mistake deaths in the US than there are accidental gun deaths. Perhaps we need safety locks on doctors and nurses? <a href="http://linuxcounter.net/cert/544489.png" target="_blank"><img src="http://linuxcounter.net/cert/544489.png"></a>