[Reader-list] it was just a thought

[Aarti Sethi]

I think a one month moratorium of the sort Vivek suggests is a good idea.
The issue can be revisited on the 1st of November and the list community can
take a decision on whether the quality of interactions have changed
substantially for the better.

On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 9:33 AM, TaraPrakash <taraprakash at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Vivek and all.
> I am constantly short of time, and do wish that the numbers of mails I
> receive could somehow come down, however, I see nothing wrong the way the
> reader list is going. Just because of a bad phase that the list went
> through, let us not change the modus operandi so drastically. We just need
> to be able to ignore the trolls and mind our language. We are doing fine.
> No
> bail out needed.
> Thanks
> TaraPrakash
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Vivek Narayanan" <vivek at sarai.net>
> To: "sarai list" <reader-list at sarai.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2008 11:05 PM
> Subject: [Reader-list] it was just a thought
>
>
> > Hi-- Just to clarify that what I made was a proposal, certainly open to
> > modification and/or disagreement or throwing out altogether.
> >
> > So Aarti, I of course take and welcome your suggestions for
> > modifications in that spirit (though I don't know yet if I agree with
> > you, am still thinking).
> >
> > I don't think any of us can say for sure what would work unless we try
> > something out and see what happens.  I think many of us on this list
> > think some very few very basic very clear protocols might help this list
> > to thrive even better.  And I think most of us do want this list to
> > thrive.  As with many of the issues we discuss, there is a shared sense
> > of commitment, even some shared bits of vision and yet-- no foolproof
> > solutions.
> >
> > V
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