[hackerspaces] status of this list

[Paul Böhm]

Ok, so what should we discuss on this list other than what has been discussed?
Specifically?

Also how would you moderate a list without an impartial moderator?

On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 1:09 PM, Matt Joyce <mdjoyce at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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