[matilda] Notes on wednesday's meeting & the curse of E-Mail

[dan at aktivix.org]

I think we need to identify list abusers and tell them to stop it.

Usually, it's me.  Always bloody is.  I shall give myself a good telling off.

Sorry again.

Dan
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Quoting Chris <chris at aktivix.org>:

> Hi
> 
> On Thu 06-Oct-2005 at 04:36:15AM -0700, Anthony Mullen
> wrote:
> > 
> > I know of no easy solution to this.  But what I suggest
> > as a starting point for debate is that each person
> > limits themself to 1 posting per day for each discussion
> > thread (unless there is a real pressing need for more
> > haste).
> > 
> > If this guideline had been in place, I'd suggest that we
> > wouldn't have had such fireworks on the list in the last
> > 18 hours.  I also think that it would significantly
> > democratize the E-Mail list.
> > 
> > Should I put this in my bag of proposals and bring it to
> > Monday's meeting?
> 
> You can if you want, but I don't think it would work or
> help... But then I'm one of those people who quite likes
> email and doesn't consider it a curse...
> 
> But if this is what people want to do then I suggest
> making the list moderated and having a team of moderators
> whos job it is to limit the number of email people send --
> ie any email sent to the list would initially be held for
> moderation and the moderators would just approve ones that
> came within each individuals quota -- I don't think that
> just asking people to limit their emails would work, I
> think it would need enforcement to work...
> 
> Chris
> 
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