On Mon, Feb 26, 2007 at 07:58:35PM -0500, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > On Mon, Feb 26, 2007 at 07:57:00PM -0500, Joey Hess wrote: > > Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > > > Some folks around here consider myself, Ron, Paul, Andrew and some of > > > the others to be experts. I don't think any of us is in any danger of > > > quitting the list. > > > > I am. > > > I'm sorry to hear that. Of course, I expect that you are more than > capable of efficiently ignoring the OT threads, if you so choose.
The problem is that this small group of prolific posters do not start their own pointless time-sucking masturbatory threads, they hijack other people's legitimate threads. I can quite easily mark the entire thread or subthread as read, and since this is a relatively small group of people it's possible I could start to automatically weed them out. However every step taken requires more effort and increases the chances that the real on-topic messages in the threads are overlooked. Also quite apart from the relative ease at which _I_ can deal with the problem, not everyone can, and I can imagine it would be discouraging at best for those who are already lost and confused by Debian to have to sort through hundreds of UNBELIEVABLY off-topic postings. Given how easy it would be for these people to display some self-restraint and a modicum of respect, I really hope they do, before other measures become necessary. Cheers, Andy -- http://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting Encrypted mail welcome - keyid 0x604DE5DB
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