[Vm-dev] Blocking inappropriate posts to vm-dev (was: VM build questions from last board meeting)

David T. Lewis lewis at mail.msen.com
Wed Mar 28 12:44:17 UTC 2018


On Tue, Mar 27, 2018 at 07:29:13PM -0400, David T. Lewis wrote:
>  
> Changing the subject line in case follow up discussion is needed.
> 
> On Tue, Mar 27, 2018 at 12:02:25PM -0700, Eliot Miranda wrote:
> >  
> > On Tue, Mar 27, 2018 at 3:13 AM, David T. Lewis <lewis at mail.msen.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > The tone and wording of this post are not appropriate for this mailing list.
> > >
> > > As list admin, I have temporarily set the "moderate" bit on the poster's account.
> > >
> > 
> > Let's not be too precious.  I'm happy to debate him on this and it's important.
> > 
> 
> I put a "moderate" flag on a list poster who had sent what I perceived
> to be a personal attack with abusive language and no meaningful factual
> content. I did this not only because the post was inappropriate, but also
> because abusive trolling can be harmful and distracting, and I thought
> it better to hit the pause pause button sooner rather than later.
> 
> The vm-dev list has for many years been inhabited by talented and constructive
> people who like to do good work, and who like to help others do the same.
> I have quietly served as the list admin, and I have never had to deal with
> any problem more serious than an accidentally oversized PNG attachment.
> We should all be proud of that.
> 
> If anyone would like to see the messages that have been blocked so far,
> I will be happy to forward them to private email. But unless the members
> of this list say otherwise, I will leave them blocked.

I have removed the "moderate" flag, and all is back to normal.

Dave



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