Ben's got it in one (notice the top-post :o) The way I see it is that this list is a funnel that takes newbie and tough questions and throws them around. No guaranatees, just a wide airing of the issues so that as large a forum as possible can view (and hopefully help to sort) the problem is achieved. This of course assumes that there's a problem, not an OT discussion. I subscribe for problems & fixes. Nothing else. Can we keep it that way ? Damian Ben Rosenberg wrote:
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.