[arch-general] Arch-general is becoming a mess !

[Jeremiah Dodds]

Oon-Ee Ng <ngoonee.talk at gmail.com> writes:

> On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 9:00 AM, Denis A. Altoé Falqueto
> <denisfalqueto at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 7:33 PM, Oon-Ee Ng <ngoonee.talk at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On 16 Aug 2012 04:57, "set" <nmset at netcourrier.com> wrote:
>>>> Aren't there any moderators who can kick off trouble makers ?
>>>>
>>> That's not how MLs work. Unfortunately
>>
>> I think there are list management software that can allows moderation
>> But there should be someone willing to cope with that boring task of
>> being the gate keeper.
>>
>> I really think that we should ban peopple more often (if there was a
>> temporary ban, even better).
>
> We already have a moderated channel. Its called the Arch forums
> (bbs.archlinux.org). Unfortunately the SNR there is worse than here
> (speaking as a mod), at least prior to this systemd/LP stuff.
>
> Advantages of forums - at least 3 of those posting here on the ML
> would have been given a short holiday for type of post.
>
> Disadvantage - to put it bluntly, too many clueless users. Not that it
> seems the ML is any different these last few days.
>
> Choose your poison.

I tend to prefer systems that provide mailing lists and forums as two
separate frontends to the same data. 

As far as ML noise goes, that's what killfiles and client-side filters
are for, no? People can (or at least should be able to) configure their
mailreaders to mute people or topics they want to mute.

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