<div dir="ltr">Norbert,<br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 6:22 AM, Norbert Bollow <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nb@bollow.ch" target="_blank">nb@bollow.ch</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="">David Cake <<a href="mailto:dave@difference.com.au">dave@difference.com.au</a>> wrote:<br>
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> Norbert, you seem to be arguing that the IGC list has a definition of<br>
> off-topic, but that the list itself should have no role in enforcing<br>
> or discussing the application of that rule, as any discussion of its<br>
> potential application is subject to the rule itself?<br>
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</div>There is a tendency on this list for people who express certain kinds of<br>
viewpoints to get shouted down. "Off-topic" is one of the complaints<br>
that can be used for that purpose. This kind of social process is part<br>
of what has created such an often-hostile environment on this list that<br>
many people are very reluctant or even afraid of posting anything on<br>
this list. I say this on the basis of having tried, during the Bali<br>
IGF, to speak in person with as many as I could of the IGC's “silent<br>
majority”.<br>
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The IGC charter puts enforcing the posting rules firmly and squarely<br>
into the hands of the elected coordinators, and when some other members<br>
of the list try to take things into their own hands by posting<br>
complaints about certain postings being off-topic, that kind of action<br>
is IMO itself a clear violation of the posting rules.</blockquote><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Which rules exactly?</div><div><br></div><div>I've been on uncountable Internet policy lists for ~20 years. I've never been on a list where subscribers were not allowed to complain about Off-Topic posts.</div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div></div>-- <br>Cheers,<br><br>McTim<br>"A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route indicates how we get there." Jon Postel
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