[Foundation-l] Improving foundation-l

[Marc Riddell]

> wjhonson at aol.com wrote:
>> The entire page is founded on unsubstantiated and generic complaints
>> which all lists share.  I'm on moderated lists which are completely horrible.
>> And I'm on unmoderated lists which are absolutely excellent.
>> 
>> Jimmy Wales himself has stated, and I've quoted him in one of my articles
>> that when he ran his own discussion group he allowed people to talk
>> themselves
>> out.  There will always be people who unsubscribe, there will always be
>> new subscribers.  There is no fix which will address that issue.
>> 
>> There will always be people complaining that something is broken, there
>> will always be people saying nothing is broken.
>> 
>> Let's see some actual numbers, actual citations and actual research
>> that others can test, prod, and comprehend.  The page right now has
>> nothing like a scientific approach to even a description of the problem
>> let alone trying to find any "solution".
>> 
>> on 10/1/09 8:00 PM, Ray Saintonge at saintonge at telus.net wrote:

> What a novel idea! ;-)
> 
> Letting people talk themselves out works best hand-in-hand with "Don't
> feed the trolls." A troll in this context is whoever you subjectively
> fell is talking too much.
> 
Exactly, Ray! Or they are saying something you definitely do not want to
hear.

Marc