Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2001 02:55:11 +0100 From: "Anthony Atkielski" <anthony@freebie.atkielski.com> To: "Nils Holland" <nils@tisys.org> Cc: "Ken Bolingbroke" <hacker@bolingbroke.com>, <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Feeding the Troll (Was: freebsd as a desktop ?) Message-ID: <02fe01c17942$0c8a30b0$0a00000a@atkielski.com> References: <20011129213220.I6240-100000@jodie.ncptiddische.net>
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Nils writes: > May I interrupt you for a moment and ask what > is actually the use of discussing very irrelevant > topics? I have not followed this thread, neither > am I going to get involved in it, but I wonder > what purpose this discussion actually serves. According to the subject line, this was originally a discussion of the suitability of FreeBSD for the desktop. > I have seen people complaining about off-topic > threads on this list. Interestingly, such off-topic > threads would not exist if people simply would > not reply to off-topic messages, or stop a thread > (or continue it as a personal discussion), as > soon as it has lost it's value regarding the > charter for this list. True. The fact that people continue the thread, and even retitle it, implies that at least a few are interested in the topic. When I see messages on topics that do not interest me, I do not read or reply to them. It seems illogical to participate in a thread I fine useless just to complain about people participating in a thread I find useless--don't you agree? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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