On Sat, Sep 12, 2009 at 9:36 PM, Austin Hair <adh...@gmail.com> wrote: > > A mailing list, however, is different. A mailing list is a > conversation. Everyone's been in a conversation where a single person > dominated, and no matter how smart or charismatic or entertaining he > may be, dominating a conversation minimizes the chance for other > people to contribute and makes it less useful. >
I think it's great when one smart or entertaining person dominates a conversation. I'm much more interested in hearing from that one person than equally from the 50 participants. If that person is not smart (if my purpose for participating is to learn) or entertaining (if my purpose for participating is to have fun), I complain to whoever is in charge of the venue, or I leave (assuming it's not a conversation I'm required to attend, anyway). _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
