The Logic Off Topic list

On Tuesday, October 22, 2002, at 03:09 AM, Tobias Seyb wrote:

> A lot of us didn´t want a T-OT (totally ...) list as a replacement for 
> our
> local pub.

But it isn't that way anyhow - It was just one thread. It came. It 
went. Why anyone got excited about it is beyond me - in truth, I wasn't 
interested in it and didn't read any related articles, so I couldn't 
tell you who was saying what.

If this is a pub - then I just tuned out the loud debate going on at 
the next table. Easy as pie.

As it turns out, I am interested in the "moderation" debate... of 
course, since it has nothing directly to do with Logic - am I to assume 
that messages on this thread are merely being tolerated? or are they 
really "ok"?

Here is my definition L is for logic user - that would be all of us. OT 
is for off topic - which can mean anything.

To refer again to your analogy - if this a pub - it is a private 
members club, the members all being part of "The Great Brotherhood of 
Logicians" - if any member gets ridiculously abusive to other members 
they can be excluded, with fair warning of course. But getting kicked 
out for talking politics now and then - nonsense!


Anyhow: here is a question Jeremy could answer: How big is the L-OT 
list?

 From my observation - this list does not seem to have very many 
members, perhaps much less than the main LUG. If this is the case... I 
would say that fewer participants = less need for moderation.