[Sigia-l] Five questions about the future of this community

[david_fiorito at vanguard.com]

I disagree.  Our trolls may have better manners but they are trolls none 
the less.

Where I do agree is with the idea of self censorship. 

I try to view my posts in two ways:

        Is it what I wanted to say?

        If this were addressed to me how would I react?

Those two simple things (when I remember to do them) help quite a bit. The 
trouble is that some people feel no need to remain civil no matter how 
many times they are asked to do so.  That is where moderation becomes 
valuable.

Cheers,

Dave






Sarah Brodwall <sjb at broadpark.no>
Sent by: sigia-l-admin at asis.org
03/12/2004 09:46 AM

 
        To:     sigia-l at asis.org
        cc:     (bcc: David Fiorito/IT/VGI)
        Subject:        Re: [Sigia-l] Five questions about the future of this community





At Friday, 12/03/2004  15:28, david_fiorito at vanguard.com wrote:
>3. No.  Trolls kill threads thus discouraging new threads from forming.
>The only answer to a troll is the presence of a moderator.

http://www.jargon.8hz.com/html/T/troll.html

Uff.  Let's put things in perspective here--there are no trolls on this 
list.  There are a few people here who could exhibit better manners, but 
this list is -incredibly- tame in comparison to...well...pretty much all 
the other lists I've ever been on, ever.  Even though people's tempers 
flare occasionally, people are remarkably good at keeping things on-topic 
(with the exception of this particular thread!).

As someone else so eruditely mentioned, the best way of making sure that 
the tone of the list remains pleasant is to re-read your post before 
sending it to ensure that nothing you write can be misconstrued.  I'd also 

like to add that it's smart to re-read your post, thinking about how it 
would make -you- feel if it were a response to something you'd written.  I 

don't think any other steps are necessary--I think the mods here do a very 

good job.

Now.  When was that group hug scheduled again?

--
Sarah Brodwall                     Time you enjoy wasting is not
sjb at broadpark.no                   wasted time.    ~T. S. Eliot 


------------
When replying, please *trim your post* as much as possible.
*Plain text, please; NO Attachments

Searchable list archive:   http://www.info-arch.org/lists/sigia-l/
________________________________________
Sigia-l mailing list -- post to: Sigia-l at asis.org
Changes to subscription: http://mail.asis.org/mailman/listinfo/sigia-l