The use of <OT>

[Net Llama!]

On Fri, 16 Mar 2007, Tony Alfrey wrote:
> I am opposed to the need for a specific off-topic list.  With virtually

Seeing as how the off topic list has existed for nearly 5 years, I think 
you're a bit late to the party to be complaining.

> no exception, this list handles itself well and I personally like the

You must be new here.  There are numerous examples of how certain off 
topic threads have turned into nasty flame wars full of vitriolic hate & 
anger.

> <OT> banter interspersed with the usual linux stuff.  Lonnie has
> insisted that I use the <OT> prefix for non-linux-specific stuff because

Again, you must be new here.  The use of <OT> has beeen expected going all 
the way back to the Caldera list.

> it allows him and others to filter out <OT> from his mail stream.  This
> sounds perfectly reasonable and workable.  But now I see that he is
> being insistent on all <OT> content going to the general list.  This
> destroys the character of the list and I think it should be rejected
> unless the list somehow decays into 50% flame war/rant/abuse like the
> SuSE list.

Perhaps if your contributions to this list were primarily on topic you'd 
feel differently.  Taking a random sampling of your contributions, nearly 
100% could easily be classified as off-topic.

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