[ale] Please stop spamming the list (Was: Re: researcher develops new secure login procedure)

[Edward Holcroft]

Jerald,

I'd strongly support splitting the list. Back in Johannesburg we did this
with my LUG and it worked out very well as a response to exactly the kind
of thing we're experiencing here. I can see separate ALE-Tech and ALE-Chat
lists being a good thing.

Regrettably I'm another one of those that gets overly irritated by
incessant, random verbal diarrhea by one person that has too much time on
their hands. I get doubly pissed when it's about Windows apps and how
Windows "just works" and how hard and incapable Linux is. I regularly have
to ignore what comes across as blatant trolling on this list and I do not
see why I should have to unsubscribe, block or otherwise modify my behavior
to accommodate this kind of anti-social drivel. If one wants one's
warm-fuzzies about Windows affirmed, go join a Windows list, for crying out
loud.

Like somebody said: signal-to-noise ratio is just getting way to high here.

cheers
ed


On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 2:08 PM, Jerald Sheets <questy at gmail.com> wrote:

> Well, the thing is, the "powers that be" like it that way.
>
> I made suggestions regarding possibilities of splitting into "OT" and "On
> topic" lists, gave some examples of other lists around the country that
> were doing it successfully, and was vilified STRONGLY on this very list for
> even offering the notion.
>
> So, if you're going to hang out here, you're going to get everything from
> Aardvarks to Zebras, and you really can't complain about any of it.  The
> only thing to do, then, is to hang out, be civil, ignore what doesn't apply
> or is off topic, and comment where you are interested or can be helpful.
>
> Attacking each other solves nothing and scares away newbies from asking
> questions, afraid they'll get the same treatment.
>
>
> On Oct 11, 2013, at 1:21 PM, Chris Fowler <cfowler at outpostsentinel.com>
> wrote:
>
> > On 10/11/2013 12:53 PM, Ron Frazier (ALE) wrote:
> >>
> >> So, from this list, you can clearly see three things.  A) This list has
> plenty of OT content, whether I'm contributing or not.  B) most of the OT
> messages are flagged as OT, including those by me.  C) Some people who post
> OT messages, including you and me and others, don't mark the message OT
> some of the time.
> >
> > The signal to noise ratio sucks.
> >
> > Occasional OT is fine, but what about pure Linux related stuff that is
> _VERY_ technical in nature.  Or lt least more technical than an install of
> Ubuntu and what you see on the screen and what you click on the screen.
> >
> >
> >
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