[Tfug] List confusion

[Jeremy D Rogers]

Heh, so despite one complaint, it turns out this list is not a dictatorship.
In fact, it sounds to me to be very democratic.. the votes are in, and the
winner is Jon (and his policy of reluctant moderation). :-)
Thanks Jon!

On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 10:17 AM, Don Freeman <DFreeman at pagnet.org> wrote:

> Bravo!
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tfug-bounces at tfug.org [mailto:tfug-bounces at tfug.org] On Behalf Of
> Jon
> Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2008 5:18 PM
> To: Tucson Free Unix Group
> Subject: [Tfug] List confusion
>
> Eric Christian's posts are being moderated. I've seen too many people
> unsubscribe over the past weeks. Some voiced it to the list, others
> privately to me and some just silently left. Before we go in to how those
> people need to use Gmail and mute people, learn how to ignore or just get a
> thicker skin I want to back track and talk a bit about the history of the
> list and what it used to be used for.
>
> Tyler and other people long ago founded the Tucson Free Unix Group as a
> place for people to talk openly about Free Unix (which branched in to
> Linux), find solutions to problems, general networking with other people in
> the local community and possibly beyond and anything else technology
> related. I came on board several years after it's inception and was loosely
> affiliated by mere association with one or more of the founding members.
> I've seen it go through many changes. The main change and the one I think
> most would agree is the focus of topics from technology related to just an
> open forum where anything goes and staying farther away from its roots.
>
> Only recently have things gotten worse and the catalyst in many people's
> eyes was Eric and the people that can't help but promote the thread by
> responding and fueling his desire to "inform" people of all the bad things
> he's found on the Internet.
>
> This is the sole reason he has been moderated. I'm trying my best to be
> nice
> about it all but at the end of the day he's just a troll and he has
> succeeded in doing what trolls do - posting to the list with one agenda, to
> annoy people. I've moderated his posts and will review each one. If it's
> clear it's on topic I'll let him send to the list. If not it'll get
> rejected.
>
> I want this list to be as constructive as possible and I do realize that
> from time-to-time people are going to stray OT. That doesn't mean I'm going
> to come down on them for doing so. Eric was a repeat offender and it was
> clear he was only posting garbage and I for one was tired of seeing it as I
> know other people were too.
>
> I know some people will not like the decision to do this. For them I
> apologize and would like to loosely quote someone on the list - 'Maybe
> you should change your expectations'   ;)
>
>
> --
> Jon
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