The Logic Off Topic list

--- In logic-ot@y..., Alexis Aiosa <wirehead1@a...> wrote:
> > > Well now Jeremy, now that you have crossed swords with 
> > > Dennis.  How does it feel to be a true member of the LUG. 

"Jeremy Martin" <sadus@...> writes
> > I hope this doesn't mean I have to start masturbating too

From teddybut: 
> maybe if you started, you would release your negative 
> energy and not feel the need to control us 7 rebels.

Doubt it would change much.. I do live with my girlfriend ;-b

> > but if it only dies out after dozens 
> > of people unsubscribe in disgust, I really don't think 
> > that's a good solution. 
> 
> ya, but you don't know that they unsubscribed in disgust. that 
> was the point. Some people, like me, unsub when they have too 
> much work to read this list, and then come back when there's 
> something relevant. 

As I mentioned before, no one had unsubscribed for weeks before that. 
I seriously doubt it was just a coincidence that 3 people 
unsubscribed on the second or third day of the huge political 
thread... though yes, of course we don't know why they left with 100% 
certainty. I could look up their email addresses if you if you felt 
like asking them?

> > As you pointed out, way off topic threads like this don't 
> > come up very often at all, so I doubt we would have to 
> > stop in very often at
> 
> Exactly. So just let the OT list go its merry way.

Yes, that's one of the options in the poll. The other is to let the 
list go on its merry way but remind it when necessary to keep focused 
on the issues the majority of the active list members want to hear 
about, preventing any personal/ethnic attacks etc. All of our other 
mailing lists have a clearly defined purpose, though this list's 
definition is very ambiguous right now. The whole point of the poll 
is to find out what the majority of active list members think the 
list policy should be. 
 
> Don't the "admin" people have enough to do keeping the main 
> LUG on the straight and narrow?

Now that we have a full 8 people helping out over there, the 
individual work load is much bearable. Not many (if any) of the other 
admins actively modreate this list anyway. 

Best regards,
Jeremy