Re: Update on Off-Topic Content On This List

you gave him exactly what he wanted, well done list. you exorcised your
echo chamber and you can return to silence.

<3
cat

On Sun, 4 Apr 2021 at 14:34, Zachary Lee Andrews <[email protected]>
wrote:

> On Sat, 3 Apr 2021, John Goerzen wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > The conduct of Christoph Lohmann has been reported to the Debian
> listmasters.
> > They have placed an 8-week ban on him on this list.
> >
> > I would anticipate similar treatment for any of his sockpuppet accounts
> or
> > others engaging in that kind of behavior, or him if he returns to the
> same
> > behavior after his ban.
> >
> > If any of you observe other questionable content, please feel free to
> contact
> > me off-list and I can assist with reporting to the listmasters (or make
> the
> > report myself).  I want this to be an ethical and welcoming community,
> and
> > pledge to be an ally to anyone that wants to keep it that way.  You may
> also
> > contact the Debian listmasters directly.
> >
> > This list is about Gopher and related technologies (Gemini, etc.). It is
> not
> > a forum to advance political, racist, or sexist goals. It is not a forum
> for
> > sharing jokes, particularly un-welcoming ones.
> >
> > I have been online long enough to see trolls and other poisonous people
> use
> > the tired "it's just a joke; lighten up" line (and the related ones
> we've
> > seen here lately) many more times than I care to.  I will not fall for
> it and
> > neither will the Debian listmasters.
> >
> > Free Software is about making the world a better place, about treating
> all
> > humans ethically, about respect for users and developers.  Racism and
> sexism
> > are counter to these goals, and people that are spreading racist or
> sexist
> > material using Free Software communities are no friends to Free
> Software.  If
> > you do not understand how your own behavior is harming the cause and are
> open
> > to learning, you may contact me off-list.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > John
> >
> >
>
> John,
>
> Thank for taking care of this issue. I hope that Christoph and others on
> the list will use this as a teachable moment and realize that crass
> behavior in a public forum has consequences. Racism and sexism should be
> canceled post haste.
>
> Christoph has good things for gopher in the past, and I hope he'll do some
> more after his ban expires. Decades from now, I'd like to see him
> remembered as ``one of those guys who kept gopher running" rather than
> "that guy who wouldn't stop with the racist jokes"... Choice is totally
> his though...
>
> --
>   Zachary Lee Andrews
> <[email protected]>
> gopher://gopher.zcrayfish.soy/
>
>