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On Tue, Dec 5, 2017 at 5:27 PM, Kristian Fiskerstrand <k_f@g.o> wrote: |
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> The difference would be that you, in your first example, can demonstrate |
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> some actual abuse. In the latter case you're talking about differences |
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> of opinions of how things are run, which quickly turns into censorship. |
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I don't see how any of this can "turn into censorship" - it IS |
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censorship from the outset. That is what moderation is. If the topic |
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of the list isn't for ranting about how horrible Gentoo is and why |
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nobody should bother to join the community, then such a post is |
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off-topic. We either allow it (in which case we'll continue to have |
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lots of infighting and a generally toxic environment), or we don't (in |
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which case we ARE censoring the lists). |
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Obviously things work more nicely when people censor themselves, but |
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not everybody does. |
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Honestly, I'm not really a big fan of even on-topic posts from people |
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who have caused a lot of harm to others in private. I'm not sure |
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which is the lesser evil but do we really want a community where we |
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tolerate absolutely any kind of abuse of other members? |
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Rich |
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