[wplug] Fwd: prometheus [radio] back in pittsburgh!

[Bryon Gill]

Eh.  I enjoy the occasional off-topic so long as it neither goes on too long nor 
strays too terribly far afield.  The Ben thing lasted what, 3 days?  I don't 
think that's so crazy.  We've had a couple of politics/economics flareups that 
were side issues from discussions of linux and free software generally.

Another possible solution: create wplug-strict, where any mail marked with the 
OT flag is automatically dropped.  I think this is better than creating a 
separate off-topic list because I suspect most readers would like the least 
restrictive option to be the default and to decide for themselves.

My .02 anyway.

Bryon


On Fri, 16 Jun 2006, Pat Barron wrote:

> On Fri, 16 Jun 2006, Doug Green wrote:
>> Why not just filter out any [OT] posts from hitting your mail client's
>> inbox?
>
> Because it puts the burden on the reader to filter out things that should
> never have been sent to the mailing list in the first place.
>
> A better solution might be to start a new mailing list
> "wplug-talk" (or something) whose purpose is basically social
> interaction, and/or discussions of off-topic things that the
> local Linux community may be interested in.
>
> --Pat.
>
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