Oon-Ee Ng <ngoonee.talk@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 9:00 AM, Denis A. Altoé Falqueto > <denisfalqueto@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 7:33 PM, Oon-Ee Ng <ngoonee.talk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> On 16 Aug 2012 04:57, "set" <nmset@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>> Aren't there any moderators who can kick off trouble makers ? >>>> >>> That's not how MLs work. Unfortunately >> >> I think there are list management software that can allows moderation >> But there should be someone willing to cope with that boring task of >> being the gate keeper. >> >> I really think that we should ban peopple more often (if there was a >> temporary ban, even better). > > We already have a moderated channel. Its called the Arch forums > (bbs.archlinux.org). Unfortunately the SNR there is worse than here > (speaking as a mod), at least prior to this systemd/LP stuff. > > Advantages of forums - at least 3 of those posting here on the ML > would have been given a short holiday for type of post. > > Disadvantage - to put it bluntly, too many clueless users. Not that it > seems the ML is any different these last few days. > > Choose your poison. I tend to prefer systems that provide mailing lists and forums as two separate frontends to the same data. As far as ML noise goes, that's what killfiles and client-side filters are for, no? People can (or at least should be able to) configure their mailreaders to mute people or topics they want to mute. -- Jeremiah Dodds blog : http://jdodds.github.com github : https://github.com/jdodds freenode : exhortatory twitter : kaens
