[tor-project] List moderation or subscriber trimming on tor-talk@

[Damian Johnson]

Gotcha. By all means don't let me get in the way of progress. Either
approach works. I think everyone's in agreement that this will likely
require list moderation, the question is just if we moderate tor-talk@
or make a new moderated list.

I suspect this would go more smoothly with a new list because the act
of subscribing is opt-ing into the moderation rather than taking away
posting rights of a once-open list. But either way this is a minor
detail, and a decision for the boots on the ground doing the
moderation. :)


On Mon, Jun 20, 2016 at 3:56 PM, Griffin Boyce <griffin at cryptolab.net> wrote:
> Damian Johnson wrote:
>>
>> Hi Griffin. Iirc Moritz mentioned that we might soon be ready to roll
>> out tor-users@ (with moderators) as a replacement for tor-talk at . I'm
>> more curious about a replacement than trying to clean up tor-talk@ -
>> imho it's a lost cause.
>>
>> That said, don't let me stand in the way if you want to take this on.
>
>
>   I can appreciate that approach, but changing lists alone doesn't solve the
> core problem.  People who want to be distracting will just sign up for the
> new list and be distracting there.  But people who were interested in being
> on tor-talk for the on-topic discussions may not sign up for a new list.
>
>   My personal opinion is that we could save a lot of work by sending a
> reminder about on-topic discussions, kicking off a few people if they don't
> listen, then moderating posts for a couple of weeks if it's still not
> abating.
>
> ~Griffin
>