Off Topic: Self Policing 2004-03-12 - By Charles Bradley
Back Tong,
> If you think the question is irrelevant, don't answer it. Eventually = > they will not ask inappropriate questions on this list if they get no = > response.=20 Not true at all. There are offenders for asking off topic questions AND offenders for answering off topic questions. Both are disrespectful netiquette to the rest of the users who would like to keep the list on-topic, and both will continue without proper reaction.
While I will agree that bullying may not be the best way to go about it, we are going to have to self police, which means different policemen will have different styles, and that's just the way it is, since we don't get to "elect" the policemen on the list.
Having said that, my personal opinion(when I'm policeman for a day....) is that we should try to stay positive and be gentle yet firm in enforcing the "stay on topic" rule, but I won't attempt to enforce MY style on any other policeman. By doing this, I believe we are being good internet citizens, as we help teach people how to properly respect large mailing lists.
:-)
cb
--- Automatic digest processor <LISTSERV@(protected)> wrote: > -- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- -- > > Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 07:46:26 -0600 > From: Tong Wang <tw@(protected)> > Subject: Re: How to design a notification system in performa nce? > > If you think the question is irrelevant, don't answer it. Eventually = > they will not ask inappropriate questions on this list if they get no = > response.=20 > > But bullying is not the way to go. > > Tong > =A0 >
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