[NTLUG:Discuss] Dialogic -- PR -- March 6, 2000

[TJ Bell]

MadHat wrote:
> 
> TJ Bell wrote:
> >
> >
> > Do you think one of our "moderators" could put together a NTLUG:Discuss
> > FAQ and have it be posted once a month or so...I find these "moderation
> > reminders" to be more annoying than the posts that spawn them.
> >
> >   - A guy who likes press releases
> 
> AFAIK, it is being worked on. Kendal?
> 
> And I understand that some people like the press releases, but I am just
> saying this may not be the best place to post everything you think is
> cool.  One thing that George asked me about (off list) is wether or not
> it would be ok if he has a question about the information contained
> within the press release, which I think would be great.  If you have a
> press release and you have a valid question that pertains to this group
> (as in, "hey here is a new some-other-thingy for Linux, is anyone using
> it and what do you think of it?"), I think that would be fine (and
> completely different), but just sending press releases is not really
> appropriate for _this_ list.

...which is why I asked if we could have a FAQ describing in better
detail what is ON and what is OFF topic.  That way we won't have a
million off-topic posts, a million "don't post that" posts, and a
billion "hurt feelings"/"flame back" posts.  People need to know what
they shouldn't send before getting trampled on for sending something.
(I'm not saying that that is what happened this time, but it's happened
before)

My $.02

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