List Splitting - Idea

[Heather Nagey]

Dear list members,

This is a list for discussing how to use revolution. It has always been 
a list specifically for this purpose. The bigger the list has got, and 
the larger the number of members, the more important it becomes to 
stick to this topic, because off topic posts annoy ever larger numbers 
of people.

It is a moderated list, and always has been. Historically, this list 
has needed very little moderation. I've only ever banned two people, 
both for things which were completely unacceptable (advocating piracy 
and foul language). Obviously the people on this list are not 
automatons who do nothing but program, and from time to time opinions 
will be expressed on various matters, but by and large they have been 
expressed amicably, and kept sufficiently short that no real action is 
needed.

I'm beginning to feel that the list needs more active moderation. For 
whatever reason, the spirit of the list appears to be rather scratchy 
at the moment, and the signal to noise ratio is dropping.

If you want to discuss politics, religion, how to run a business or how 
not to run a business, free speech, or any other topic that is not 
directly in keeping with the clearly stated aim of this list, please 
take it elsewhere. Otherwise I am going to start putting people on 
moderation, so that the rest of the group can continue to use the list 
for what it is intended for.

Warm Regards,

Heather

On 13 Dec 2005, at 21:25, use-revolution-request at lists.runrev.com wrote:

> Message: 8
> Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 15:07:06 -0500
> From: "Mathewson" <richmond at mail.maclaunch.com>
> Subject: List Splitting - Idea
> To: use-revolution at lists.runrev.com
> Message-ID: <web-340589396 at mail.maclaunch.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1"
>
> Frankly, as moderator of the 'rev-biz' list and the starter
> of the 'RRGraphix' list, I can honestly say that I would
> rather everything was all in the one list.
>
> BUT . . .
>
> Having been banned from this list from close on 2 years -
> because I expressed an opinion (that many others thought
> but didn't express) - and having seen something of a
> similar sort coming the way of some posters from the RR
> staff - I thought that it better to hive off lists than get
> banned again . . .
> <snip>

> sincerely, Richmond Mathewson
>
Heather Nagey, Customer Support Manager
Runtime Revolution Ltd
www.runrev.com