On Tue, 2011-03-15 at 21:43 +0530, Rony wrote: > >> own rules. No one's stopping you from doing that either. > > it doesn't work like that. I like this list and I do not want it to > > become like some lists I used to be a member of - with a bunch of > > egoistic admins who spend their time being heavy-handed with > members. > > Loosen up at little. If we have survived for many years on this list > then rest assured that the admins are quite liberal.
you have totally missed the point. It is not a question of 'not trusting the admins' or that 'the admins are liberal'. I have known the current admins of this list for several years and worked with them on many occasions. Do I trust them? Yes, for example I know if they commit to attend a workshop or a conference, I need not worry. They will be there. Yes, if the list goes down they will not rest till it comes up. But censorship and moderation is something different. I would not trust Mother Theresa or Mahatma Gandhi or even myself in this matter. In these matters it is only peer pressure out in the open that keeps a list self-moderated. This is my opinion, and from what I can see of the successful mailing lists in India, it is followed. The lists that have followed the path of moderation are mostly dead or dying. -- regards KG http://lawgon.livejournal.com Coimbatore LUG rox http://ilugcbe.techstud.org/ -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
