On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 10:33 AM, kcrisman <kcris...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >>> > I deleted it as flame bait. I'm sick of people using sage-devel as a >>> > forum to attack others >>>
I have set Nathann to moderated posting on sage-devel. IMHO, his last several posts were flame-bait and go in sage-flame not sage-devel. >>> I'm sick of it too. But this kind of unilateral actions only fuels the >>> flame, it does not extinguish it. >>> >>> Especially given your position as a CEO of a for profit company, William. >>> Even though you do not have the power to do the same with Sage as what just >>> happened with MariaDB, the community is entitled with a legitimate >>> (unfounded, I believe) fear of SageMath Inc. trying to do something similar >>> at some point. This kind of unilateral censorship, although well >>> intentioned, can only spark more of those flames. >> >> >> If people really want flame bait on this list, then I am going to stop >> reading sage-devel. > > > It's a tough call here, because in a technical sense it was accurate and not > attacking, so I would be inclined to have handled it via a "This is flame > bait" response message (and indeed perhaps moving to sage-flame, if that's > possible). Even though I think regular readers of this know it was probably > intended in some manner as an attack, for a first-time reader this might not > have been clear. But the lack of context (despite the link provided) is > definitely problematic. It would have been nice if someone other than the > intended victim had been able to deal with the post, though, as it shouldn't > have been his job. If having more moderators helps with that it's fine. But > will there be enough moderators? > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "sage-devel" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-devel" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
