Lacking a heuristic for civility, we'll have to rely on that very imprecise tool, judgment. I ask the list members to exercise judgment in posting this sort of thing; conceivably, the sentiment of the statement below could be on-topic, but I would ask that it be conveyed in a constructive way.
Really, all that I'm asking is for the people here to act maturely and somewhat professionally. That doesn't mean that we've introduced the thought police - negative statements are part of life - but it does mean that discussion shouldn't extend to personal insults and blatant baiting (as we have here, from time to time).
I sincerely hope that's not too much to ask. If it is, we may very well end up banning people, but it isn't my intention to become a babysitter; I have neither the time or the inclination.
On Monday, May 5, 2003, at 11:57 AM, Michael Bernstein wrote:
--- In syndication@yahoogroups.com, Mark Nottingham <mnot@m...> wrote:Criticizing software is fine, as long as it's constructive and not a veiled ad hominem. E.g., "I don't use FooAgg because I don't like the UI, and it seems slow" is fine. "BarBlogger sucks and should be boycotted" is not.What about "BarBlogger sucks because it misimplements feature x and therefore should be boycotted"?Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/