<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 8:41 AM, Adam Bergmark <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:adam@bergmark.nl" target="_blank">adam@bergmark.nl</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><span class="">> And if we are to choose one medium -- repeating points made on reddit<div><br></div></span><div>As far as I know it is not allowed to use voting like this on Reddit</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I suppose the users of a subreddit (or equivalently thread) could agree to use votes that way, but you are correct about the site-wide policy of reddit. Votes are intended to give a sense of whether a comment (or thread) is on topic and providing value to the discussion (or community).</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div class="h5"><br><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 5:39 PM, Kosyrev Serge <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:skosyrev@ptsecurity.com" target="_blank">skosyrev@ptsecurity.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><span>Gershom B writes:<br>
>> I might understand the concern about archiving, but haskell-cafe<br>
>> solves that. And "the committee can't be expected to follow<br>
>> discussions" and "is empowered to act" does sound like "the committee<br>
>> can't be expected to listen to the community”.<br>
<br>
</span>Technical issues ought to be decided on their technical substance,<br>
not through popularity contests, aren't they?<br>
<span><br>
> It means that committee members should be expected to chase all over<br>
> social media and sort through lots of poor signal/noise ratio to find<br>
> potentially relevant discussions at all times. Rather, it is better to<br>
> centralize these things to the extent possible.That’s all.<br>
<br>
</span>Requiring the committee to maintain quality discussion across a spectrum of<br>
$RANDOM_MEDIA_OF_THE_DAY sounds like punishment to me, indeed.<br>
<br>
And if we are to choose one medium -- repeating points made on reddit:<br>
<br>
> There is a number of reasons to prefer mailing lists to the more<br>
> ephemeral mediums. Those immediately coming to mind are:<br>
><br>
> - slower pacing positively affects elaboration of thought<br>
> - real names nudge towards responsibility<br>
> - well-tuned tools to deal with long, complex conversations<br>
> - a non-ephemeral paper-trail that can be dealt with at one's own pace<br>
> - absence of distracting noise like "thumbs up" buttons<br>
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с уважениeм / respectfully / Z poważaniem,<br>
Косырев Сергей<br>
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