From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 15 12:24:43 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1500B1065673 for ; Mon, 15 Dec 2008 12:24:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bma@jagger.subvert.org.uk) Received: from jagger.subvert.org.uk (jagger.subvert.org.uk [80.68.88.238]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D2D1F8FC22 for ; Mon, 15 Dec 2008 12:24:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bma@jagger.subvert.org.uk) Received: by jagger.subvert.org.uk (Postfix, from userid 1000) id B7F6B38097; Mon, 15 Dec 2008 12:06:35 +0000 (GMT) Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2008 12:06:35 +0000 From: "Benjamin M. A'Lee" To: Wojciech Puchar Message-ID: <20081215120635.GC22666@jagger.subvert.org.uk> References: <20081212205614.GB37185@kokopelli.hydra> <31371229120906@webmail12.yandex.ru> <87iqppdlzh.fsf@kobe.laptop> <20081213002037.F5665@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20081213092104.GC39031@kokopelli.hydra> <20081213103054.B8893@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20081213194302.GA51063@kokopelli.hydra> <20081213122621.001352ad@gom.home> <20081215061228.GE5527@kokopelli.hydra> <20081215124755.Q53356@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20081215124755.Q53356@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Cc: Chad Perrin , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why FreeBSD not popular on hardware vendors X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2008 12:24:43 -0000 On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 12:49:43PM +0100, Wojciech Puchar wrote: >> >> I think that can be handled quite easily by community social pressure, >> and moderation would just set a precedent for "it's someone else's job". > > moderation is needed. Things like "community social pressure" simply > doesn't. Like with democracy - those who are more common and louder will > takeover, no matter if it make sense or not. > > It's already happening on that group that's why i talk about starting > moderation to remove all posts that are not about group topic! Group topic? As far as I can tell, the topic is "user questions" (according to http://lists.freebsd.org/ and the List-Id header). Where exactly is it defined what those questions may be about? -- Benjamin M. A'Lee || mail: bma@subvert.org.uk web: http://subvert.org.uk/~bma/ || gpg: 0xBB6D2FA0 "...when two opposite points of view are expressed with equal intensity, the truth does not necessarily lie exactly halfway between them. It is possible for one side to be simply wrong." -- Richard Dawkins