> Steven D'Aprano via tde-users wrote: > > > I think that if this was a brand new group, not just a migration from > > one list to another, we could be a bit stricter about off-topic emails. > > But it's a small community, with not many regular participants. There is > > a lot of institutional knowledge held by the regulars and if the cost of > > keeping them around is to put up with a bit of off-topic discussion and > > their inability to trim pages and pages of quoted text onto the eighth > > or tenth generation "> > > > > > > > > > blah blah blah" then so be it. > > I also enjoy the OT freedom here and in other groups for the simple reason > that discussing with people that have same interest feels better. > > I usually read the headlines and follow the topic until I get bored - this > may happend by the 10th reply by Gene :D. When I don't have time or I am > not interested I just ignore and mark as read. > There is also no way to enforce rules besides the rules that are > established. > > And regarding unsubscribing - everybody is free to subscribe and > unsubscribe. There is no need to put it on the wall. > > And what does working at the university has to do with the TDE user list, I > also do not understand. > I am honestly thankful that I do not work at a university - don't understand > me wrong I have two degrees and most of my friends have also a degree but > in the past 20+some years universities degraded to below zero in some > extent. > > @Janek - free your mind and enjoy the "stupidity" of day-to-day life. I > think no one here uses facebook or similar. Sometimes I have the feeling I > am of the younger generation being 47. > You can enjoy and relax - it is much better than Netflix or whatever story > you find out there. The thing I enjoy more are the life stories of people I > know. I was considering extracting all the personal postings of Gene and > putting them together for his next birthday, but I never have time for > that :D. It is a great story he has to tell and I am thankful that no > moderator censored that. > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Steven D'Aprano +1 I enjoy the stories and ramblings. I do see the need for an OT ML for this. That said, ramble on. Kate ____________________________________________________ tde-users mailing list -- users@... To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@... Web mail archive available at https://mail.trinitydesktop.org/mailman3/hyperkitty/list/users@...