[Foundation-l] moderate this list

[Anthony]

On Sat, Aug 29, 2009 at 10:36 AM, Brianna Laugher <brianna.laugher at gmail.com
> wrote:

> 2009/8/29 Anthony <wikimail at inbox.org>:
> > If you'd like to start a moderated foundation-l, in addition to the
> regular
> > foundation-l, that might be useful.  But it's considerably inappropriate
> for
> > you to sign up for a mailing list that many of us have been enjoying for
> > years and in one month decide you want to alter it to suit your tastes.
>
> "Enjoying"? Maybe more accurate for many of us is "barely tolerating".


Why are you here, then?  I don't mean that rudely, I'm honestly curious.  Is
there something provided by this list which is provided nowhere else which
is so valuable to you that you're willing to tolerate these parts that you
find so unenjoyable?

I am with Anders. It is not just a matter of learning to use an email

client properly. Considered posts are soon piled under dozens of
> back-and-forth-over-minor-details responses.
>

There needs to be place for dozens of back-and-forth-over-minor-details
discussion.  Long detailed emails have their place, but after they are
posted there needs to be room for a question and answer session.  Limiting
these Q&A sessions so that each person can merely make a single comment and
then receive a single response severely limits the ability of people to
engage in useful discussion, and forcing people to have any back and forth
discussions off-list severely limits the usefulness of the list for
brainstorming and for refining ideas.

If you want a separate list for long, well-thought-out emails, I'm fine with
that.  But we need a place for brainstorming and refining ideas. We need a
place for back-and-forth discussion.

Am I in the minority in believing that?