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On Sun, Jun 10, 2007 at 02:31:02PM -0600, Ryan Hill wrote: |
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> Kumba wrote: |
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> > Anyways, thoughts? |
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> Yes please. |
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Guess I'll be the killjoy, and throw in the -1 on it. |
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Reasons are pretty straightforward (at least to me): |
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1) Creating such channels is just attempting to shift the problem out |
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of sight. |
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2) Shifting said problem into a concentrated arena means the incidence |
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of idiot conflicts/trolling/needling/whatever is likely to increase |
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3) said increase means proctors/devrel have more work (meaning more |
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random outbursts at the proctors/devrel when folks realize that they |
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*are* going to enforce the behaviour rules, and that the outburstes |
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can be punished too). |
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4) look through -dev history; the issue isn't OT discussion, it's |
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people needling/harassing/trolling/(chose your verb) kicking off yet |
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another "mine is bigger" last word battle on the ml. |
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Basically, what does this solve? If the intention is to create an OTW |
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equivalent for the forums, sure, go nuts, but I strongly doubt it'll |
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improve things on -dev. |
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So what is the explicit purpose of this? Honestly assumed it was just |
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a joke at debians expense initially, but folks seem to be serious |
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about it... |
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~harring |
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