Am 06.12.20 um 21:16 schrieb Per Jessen:
Hmm, while I cannot disagree with any of that (which is a little worrisome to me), it applies to every mailing list "out there". Presumably every forum and every IRC channel/too too. In my childhood in the 1970s, with no internet, it was called "life".
IOW, during our lives we all go to join new communities, football clubs, chess clubs, school classes, new companies, new mailing lists. Some will seem more receptive than others and receive/attract a different kind of people than others.
Yes, and all of these groups have it in their own hands how they will be recognized.
I am not convinced that openSUSE will necessarily "win" by being "neutral and on-topic".
That's not what I said. *This mailing list* will win (to use your phrasing) if we manage to keep the conversations neutral and on-topic.
Sometimes expressing ones opinion in a direct and open fashion is > much better, especially when trying to use a foreign language.
Oh, and I'm convinced that it's the exact opposite: we all need to be really careful when using a foreign language to talk to people with yet another native language. vinz.