> > On Tue, Oct 27, 2020 at 13:02 (-0500), Michael via tde-users wrote: > > On Tuesday 27 October 2020 11:28:09 am The Joneses via tde-users wrote: > >> Quoting Janek Stolarek <jwstolarek@xxxxxxxxx>: > >>>> What is your opinion? > >>> > >>> I think the amount of spam is negligible compared to the amount of > >>> off-topic emails sent by > >>> regular list participants. I have been seriously considering > >>> unsubscribing from trinity-users > >>> because some people seem to treat the list as their private chat to > >>> discuss absolutely anything > >>> that comes to their mind. I wish the moderators were more strict and > >>> deleted all the > >>> TDE-unrelated chit-chat. > >>> > >>> Janek > >> > >> +1 > >> > >> Jonesy > > > > -1 > > > > Michael > > (You have me curious at this point, have neither of you worked in an > > office environment before? Random chit-chat is de facto / de jur for any > > group of people who have known each other for years / decades. This is > > also the “users” list, not the “developers” list, e.g. users helping > > users, so this list will always have random chit-chat as that is the > > nature of “users” lists. Raging against the laws of the universe is all > > well and good, but seems kinda pointless...) > > +1 to Janek. > > > And yes, I've worked in an office environment. And, having done so, I > feel confident in saying that a mailing list is not an office > environment. But even in a mailing list, a little chit-chat is one > thing, but some days there is a LOT of chit-chat. For example, on > September 15 I received 50 emails from users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx. On > September 16 there were 61. If I recall correctly, much of that was > chit chat. Perhaps these are two of the days Janek was referring to. > > The question you want to ask yourself is this: am I so desperate for > chit-chat that I am OK with alienating people who are on this list for > issues directly related to using TDE? > > Cheers. > Jim > ____________________________________________________ > On Tuesday 27 October 2020, Jim via tde-users wrote: > Against my better judgment, I'll join in. Aye, me too. Kate ____________________________________________________ tde-users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Web mail archive available at https://mail.trinitydesktop.org/mailman3/hyperkitty/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
