On Thu, Mar 27, 2003 at 11:48:07AM +0530, Sameer D. Sahasrabuddhe wrote:
fork(); fork(); 1] Newbies 2] General 3] Geeks
Do the numbers justify the fork? Are there too many geeks or too many newbies that are so distant from each other that they want to be on separate lists?
There's no relation between no. of people and no. of lists. It just gives *me* the flexibility to read mails I'm interested in at any given time. Reply to those which I think I can reply to. And ignore (even if it is by not/un subscribing) to some kinds of emails when I think I am too busy.
I believe the real problem here is inproper initiation into the USENET culture ... the idea about making a first-time poster moderate his own mail is really good ... some newsgroups already do that, I believe. We just need to make people understand the new culture they are moving into when they try GNU/Linux for the first time.
That's ok. Let people learn the proper culture the harder way, or the easier way, or whatever. I'm not at all concerned. *When* I *am* concerned, I'll take some time off to talk to some of the guys.
I suggest another idea ... something that we do here at KReSIT. When someone sends a mail to the list that doesn't fit the guidelines, _everyone_ should mail the poster directly saying why they think the mail is not good. I use a pre-written template to do this at KReSIT, no need to waste time typing things out again and again. Just make sure send the mail to the poster and not the list!
That's not always feasible for everyone. No one has that much time, or energy.
Or, maybe, I should just take a break and unsubscribe. And ask *you* once in a while about any interesting happenings ;-)
Ok guys. Me taking an off for a few days. Will come back after a break :)