[hackerspaces] status of this list

[Matt Joyce]

Paul,

   Failure to protect discussion on this list is in no way a solution to the
problem at hand.  You are in effect choosing to forsake discussion on the
discussion list entirely in favor of something else ( Re Ad hominem attacks,
Fallacy, and other "Childish Bullshit").  I would like you to take your
other thing elsewhere and free up the discussion list for actual
discussion.  Calling this list "Discussion" in light of a complete break
from the commonly held definitions of discussion is deceptive.  And inviting
people to hold discussions anywhere but the discussion list is absurd.

Warmest regards,

   Matt Joyce

On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 4:00 PM, Paul Böhm <paul at boehm.org> wrote:

> hello from your friendly list creator,
>
> at the moment the meta-discussion mails about moderation/killing the
> thread/etc. have exceeded the mails about the actual subject roughly
> by a factor of two.
>
> killing off discussions you don't like solves the problem for you, but
> does not help others who feel the need to discuss certain subjects.
> there's a backlash because of that.
> hopefully the discussion will wind down after a bit, but we still
> won't all agree at that point.
>
> however, seeing that we're different from each other is valuable all by
> itself.
>
> in any case, this list won't become moderated since we won't be able
> to find an impartial moderator.
> if you want your own list on hackerspaces.org, we'd be very happy to
> create one for you.
>
> paul
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