On 02/15/2017 01:01 AM, Georgi Guninski wrote:
On Tue, Feb 14, 2017 at 11:20:50AM -0700, Mirimir wrote:
How about we change the name of this list, to better reflect its use?
This will just make the list officially alt.alt.alt.cunty.scumbags.politics.and.vulgar.insults
:) I don't mind the insults. The constant petty bickering does get to me, I admit. But what really bugs me is the miasma of sarcastic political bullshit. It reminds me of Encyclopedia Dramatica ;) Back in the day, cypherpunks was about the power of crypto-guaranteed privacy to protect freedom and limit government power. Not now :(
My counter suggestion is self moderation: this might split the list making it easier to read. Make whitelist or blacklist and do not read or reply to anything below forbidden actor's posting. Close to this works for me.
The expected result is looped trolls with occasional other posts and some "ontopic" stuff with minor(?) pollutions by trolls.
Sure, I'm doing that. But then I miss good stuff from people I like :(
Limit of new news threads per day makes some sense too.
From 2016-08 to 2017-02 (the new version of the list) I have about 4.8K emails. From 2014-04 to 2016-08 (the old version) I have about 12K emails.
I'm tempted to analyze thread topics, membership, posting patterns, etc to see where and how the list went to shit. But then, who cares? :(