Re: Flame Rules Proposal (Respond With Comments)

I do think that it's important to have high-minded general principles, but
I want to have a set of rules that can function on the per-message level so
as to facilitate per-message moderation.


On Fri, Aug 5, 2016 at 8:32 AM, Daniel Kahn Gillmor <[email protected]>
wrote:

> On Fri 2016-08-05 08:04:54 -0400, Matijs van Zuijlen wrote:
>
> > Instead of starting of with the worst offenses, I would start with the
> > positive bits for this, e.g., this bit:
> >
> >   The FontForge list is for productive discussion of issues relating to
> >   FontForge, computer typography, and typography in general.
> >
> > and this bit:
> >
> >   the list must provide a safe or at least neutral (non-hostile)
> >   environment in order to support a healthy exchange of ideas.
> >
> > Also, I'm not sure why the FontForge list would allow for hate speech
> > threads at all; even marked with a special marker, the subject lines
> > would still appear in everyone's inboxes.
> >
> > You could also choose to have a more vague set of rules and leave the
> > obviously illegal things out entirely. Something like:
> >
> >   We want to have a productive discussion here, so be civil. Continued
> >   behavior that is deemed to be counter-productive by the lists admins
> >   may lead to the offender being blocked from this mailing list.
>
> fwiw, i think Matijs is on the right track here.  An effective code of
> conduct for the mailing list would set out guidelines about the purpose
> of the list and how to use it well, not to wade into legal struggles or
> to stake out any particular geopolitical turf.
>
> If you want to call out any particular forms of bad behavior, it could
> be a simple list like "Continued abusive, insulting, off-topic, or
> otherwise counter-productive mails (as judged by the list admins) may
> lead..."
>
> Regards,
>
>      --dkg
>
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