Maybe the solution would be a "newbie" list for basic and beginner questions. Just a thot. Buck -----Original Message----- From: Ben Rosenberg [mailto:ben@whack.org] Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2003 3:15 PM To: suse-linux-e@suse.com Subject: Re: [SLE] Something needs done about OT posting * David Krider (david@davidkrider.com) [031005 09:03]:
Doesn't anyone else notice that a non-insignificant portion of the posts on suse-linux-e don't have anything to do with _SuSE_, per se, anyway? By that reasoning, almost 50% of the list is off-topic. At least the sorts of things I'm campaigning about being allowed to post are related to SuSE specifically.
Well, until a little while ago this was a community list or so it seemed. But since we've had an influx of ex-<whatever distro> and ex-windows users it's become quite crowded and the off topic posts and heated discussions have become to much for this list. I don't deny that. But in the last couple years this list has lost that sense of community that it once had. With all the Nazi like posting, netiquette and other such behavior attacks it's become just another tech list. Sometimes I don't know why I stay subscribed. I mean with no sense of community it's just more questions about " Why X doesn't work.." " Why ppp or DSL doesn't work " and quite frankly most of those questions and situation have little interest for me. For most of the questions I have ..I can google them and get the same dull, sanitized feeling that this list has lately. So when you newbies to the list get all bent out of shape remember this..it's you who killed the homey, community feel of this list and made it feel like a hospital room. It's you who are detrimental to this list. Not the people with passion. I liked it much better when this list had that Cheers feel to it ..you know where everybody knows your name. Anyway. I'll just crawl back into my corner. ;) /end my 0.02 -- Ben Rosenberg ---===---===---===--- mailto:ben@whack.org ----- If two men agree on everything, you can be sure that only one of them is doing the thinking. -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq@suse.com