[Reader-list] a better thought

[Pawan Durani]

And there should be a security deposit. Where do i send mine ?

On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 8:03 PM, Yousuf <ysaeed7 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I have a better idea - it can make Sarai rich. Let us start charging people
> money for posting messages. The larger or more frequent mails you post, the
> more money you pay.
> I can see who will be the worst affected by this.
>
> Yousuf
>
>
> --- On Tue, 9/30/08, mahmood farooqui <mahmood.farooqui at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > From: mahmood farooqui <mahmood.farooqui at gmail.com>
> > Subject: Re: [Reader-list] a thought
> > To: "Vivek Narayanan" <vivek at sarai.net>
> > Cc: "sarai list" <reader-list at sarai.net>
> > Date: Tuesday, September 30, 2008, 7:12 PM
> > I strongly second Vivek's proposal...
> >
> > 2008/9/30 Vivek Narayanan <vivek at sarai.net>
> >
> > > Monica et al.,
> > >
> > > I wonder if some of the issues and difficulties over
> > the reader list
> > > might be addressed by introducing (and strictly and
> > universally
> > > enforcing) just one simple, unambiguous instrumental
> > rule that we could
> > > all agree on:
> > >
> > > each member of the reader list is allowed no more than
> > one post per day
> > > / 24-hour period.
> > >
> > > An exception could be made solely for announcements,
> > and that too of an
> > > urgent or time-bound nature.  If the member violates
> > this rule of
> > > conduct and makes, say, two or three posts in a single
> > day, then they
> > > are first issued a warning.  The second or third time
> > they do it, let's
> > > say, they are off the list.  Simple as that.
> > >
> > > I think this could, at the very least, force us all to
> > exercise a
> > > certain restraint before we hit the send button,
> > choosing and focus our
> > > energies on making the postings we consider more
> > substantial or
> > > important, combining thoughts together in a single
> > mail.  Since the
> > > dominance of certain issues on the list is largely an
> > effect of
> > > overposting by a small handful of individuals, I think
> > this might also
> > > help to even out the range of issues that are
> > discussed on this list.
> > >
> > > (To Radhakrishnan-- I don't think we can
> > artificially enforce diversity
> > > on this list, but we can give it more room to
> > breathe.)
> > >
> > > On a very basic level it encourages respect for other
> > peoples' inboxes.
> > > People can write their second message, save it and cue
> > it up on their
> > > mail programs, then send it after a day (after perhaps
> > reading it over a
> > > second time to see if it's really necessary).
> > >
> > > As far as I can think-- I don't think anything
> > will be lost by this rule?
> > >
> > > I realise that this procedural rule can be
> > circumvented through the use
> > > of multiple aliases and heteronyms, and god knows the
> > list is no
> > > stranger to that, but even in that case I think it
> > will help restraint,
> > > and prevent cases where, for instance, we get 10
> > mindless rants by the
> > > same person over the course of a day, or a situation
> > where an individual
> > > replies to every single mail on the list, regardless
> > of whether they
> > > have anything interesting to add or not.
> > >
> > > I also realise that, with this mail, I have violated
> > the rule myself!
> > > But were we to introduce and agree on this, I would
> > certainly abide by it.
> > >
> > > Vivek
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