On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 16:02:02 -0600, Nix, Robert P. <Nix.Robert@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > LET THIS DIE! TAKE IT OFF THE LIST! You ARE losing subscribers over something stupid and unnecessary. Again, JUST LET THIS DIE. I've not piped up in this discussion simply because it's not important to me, but this comment struck me. My personal take is that it's "stupid and unnecessary" to unsubscribe from the list over this conversation. I can't really drum up a lot of sympathy for someone that's offended by something they see on the Internet. I think it's fairly obvious (to me at least) what kind of value this list provides. If someone is willing to give up on that value simply because the signal to noise ratio deteriorates for a few days, then more power to them. While I appreciate your concern that a resource you find valuable is being "abandoned" by some folks, I'd ask that you keep in mind that with the number of subscribers fedora-list has, there will be someone, somewhere, offended by something at any given moment. There will always be folks that are willing to throw up their hands in disgust at the slightest provocation, you're not going to be able to retain these people regardless. I'm not terribly concerned that some people are choosing to leave the list. The folks leaving (as near as I can tell) are consumers of the information here. If the providers of the information were leaving in droves, then I might be concerned. The people leaving are basically "cutting off their noses to spite their faces" as my mother would put it. Anyway, these are simply my opinions. -- Chris "Build a man a fire and he will be warm for the rest of the night. Set a man on fire and he will be warm for the rest of his life." -- Unknown
