[governance] The greatest threat in the world today to peace....

[McTim]

Norbert,


On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 6:22 AM, Norbert Bollow <nb at bollow.ch> wrote:

> David Cake <dave at difference.com.au> wrote:
>
> > Norbert, you seem to be arguing that the IGC list has a definition of
> > off-topic, but that the list itself should have no role in enforcing
> > or discussing the application of that rule, as any discussion of its
> > potential application is subject to the rule itself?
>
> There is a tendency on this list for people who express certain kinds of
> viewpoints to get shouted down. "Off-topic" is one of the complaints
> that can be used for that purpose. This kind of social process is part
> of what has created such an often-hostile environment on this list that
> many people are very reluctant or even afraid of posting anything on
> this list. I say this on the basis of having tried, during the Bali
> IGF, to speak in person with as many as I could of the IGC's "silent
> majority".
>
> The IGC charter puts enforcing the posting rules firmly and squarely
> into the hands of the elected coordinators, and when some other members
> of the list try to take things into their own hands by posting
> complaints about certain postings being off-topic, that kind of action
> is IMO itself a clear violation of the posting rules.



Which rules exactly?

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.


-- 
Cheers,

McTim
"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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