From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1OQ2KQ-0007ka-Dv for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 19 Jun 2010 17:59:38 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4553EE0A90; Sat, 19 Jun 2010 17:59:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ww0-f53.google.com (mail-ww0-f53.google.com [74.125.82.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E12F9E0A88 for ; Sat, 19 Jun 2010 17:59:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wwf26 with SMTP id 26so195974wwf.40 for ; Sat, 19 Jun 2010 10:59:14 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:date:from:to:subject :message-id:in-reply-to:references:x-mailer:mime-version :content-type; bh=oupUEjexs/ABn+MOncagiiSEWUA+vLCWkjmZQlmyxtY=; b=ElIBcttdy8IkqKUmSDmlRbS4/kUXLDp71p0uJ9ZsqCBVHh6PjA52yvQdLIkRPmquw6 ygSO359Fhtsy/U9m4YQFXzlXV4VY5inweA4Z3imMS3Nltmscs90AXpUpzqdD7AUa1twE nMoyLHEUYaOnYqHqeKCMU6plbinWkzan1V3jc= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:x-mailer :mime-version:content-type; b=xC/dYq+C4xUxlVi/f3fUNsUgN5h9Y9Sm3zsRC/hGAhC8yLt6MFBmEfqZ+DabS3dH1T 9pDdrdZM7/iVC6S4F1l1MwYMbzP4rJH57YfFkpC4BU7hx3vRPYRdb/ktIino6t3YN/5e jqj1FfvmJMJonkU38f+hPvSBpeH3pahkpE6N8= Received: by 10.227.157.80 with SMTP id a16mr2527307wbx.185.1276970354298; Sat, 19 Jun 2010 10:59:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from snowcone ([92.16.0.6]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id t15sm26835198wbc.5.2010.06.19.10.59.13 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sat, 19 Jun 2010 10:59:13 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2010 18:59:06 +0100 From: Ciaran McCreesh To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Tone in Gentoo Message-ID: <20100619185906.72367d63@snowcone> In-Reply-To: References: <4C184607.5080907@gentoo.org> <4C1C2A90.1020603@gentoo.org> <4C1C6725.4090109@gentoo.org> <4C1C6D80.3000308@gentoo.org> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.6 (GTK+ 2.20.1; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=PGP-SHA1; boundary="Sig_/m5/Soi5kYjz//7Uka/M1hcN"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Archives-Salt: b8d7ebe5-0b1b-4ca9-a8e0-5a2e6a60f6da X-Archives-Hash: 4a512f85ea42dae2e64eeff1d5831c50 --Sig_/m5/Soi5kYjz//7Uka/M1hcN Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, 19 Jun 2010 12:54:25 +0200 Ben de Groot wrote: > This is a point that deserves more consideration. One of the top > reasons (as witnessed in forum discussions) Unfortunately, that's selecting a rather biased audience. The success of a forum depends upon the number of active posters it has. The number of active posters it has depends upon how many people need to post there to get answers to questions, and how many wrong answers have to be given before the right answer comes up. Thus, by selecting from the forums, you're picking an audience that likes talking endlessly about communities, not one that likes to answer a question once, correctly, and then change things so the question doesn't need to be answered again. > Does Gentoo really prefer to keep more sensitive people out instead > of effectively getting rid of repeat offenders? All bringing more sensitive people in does is cripples the distribution's ability to delivery any technical improvements, since everyone's time is wasted worrying about the whiners. And let's face it, the sort of people who moan about that kind of thing are going to find a reason to moan no matter what. > Think about it. What kind of people would you rather have in Gentoo? Personally, I'd like to see Gentoo start having the kinds of people who deliver a better product, not the kinds of people who worry that using a gender-ambiguous cow as a logo might be offensive. --=20 Ciaran McCreesh --Sig_/m5/Soi5kYjz//7Uka/M1hcN Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.15 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkwdBW0ACgkQ96zL6DUtXhHHIQCg2BlHsWGBf/FnvZjKxW+4sojh /7YAoLab7yQrmWWVUfeeugpAwLX+TVat =r31I -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/m5/Soi5kYjz//7Uka/M1hcN--