On Mon, Feb 21, 2022 at 09:18:15AM +0100, Pierre-Elliott Bécue wrote: > Russ Allbery <r...@debian.org> wrote on 21/02/2022 at 07:30:48+0100: > > BTW, also on that front, I think that announcing DAM warnings to the > > project is a serious mistake. I understand the thought process that went > > into that decision, but I really don't agree with it. The effect is to > > make someone feel attacked and shamed publicly, which directly interferes > > with the goal of a warning. It's also one of the major factors in making > > people feel like warnings are some sort of permanent black mark against > > them, which I strongly do not want to be the case. > > I agree. Warnings should be private at first. Some cases could be made > public if the problem was big enough to be mentioned, but generally I'd > expect as a random member to not be informed of a warning.
But please don't forget that a person vanishing from a heated discussion just in a whim creates the feeling of victory in the orht discussion parties. And I KNOW what I would do as participant of a heated discussion after receiving a DAM warning. Greetings Marc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Leimen, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 6224 1600402 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 6224 1600421
