[ExI] Exi List Supervision

[Giulio Prisco]

John has a history of intelligent and interesting posts. I don’t find
political posts (by anyone) interesting, but I would NOT support kicking
John out.

On 2020. Aug 3., Mon at 17:15, William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> Sounds very good to me.  You will find very, very high support for
> excising all political posts, not just the ones from John.  I would support
> kicking him out entirely.  He is very obsessive, and as I have told Spike,
> I don't really think he can stop it.  (yes, I am a psychologist).
>
> I don't think any past members will come back if political posts are made,
> even if they are not particularly inflammatory (id est, anything about
> Trump) - bottom line.
>
> bill w
>
> On Mon, Aug 3, 2020 at 8:28 AM ExiMod via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>
>> Spike has assured me that looking after the Exi list requires only very
>> occasional intervention and I hope to continue on that well-trodden path.
>>
>> The main problem I see at present is that our current national (USA)
>> politics has gone crazy. Arguments about crazy politics on the Exi list is
>> futile and upsets many list members. This upset spreads into other threads
>> that have nothing to do with politics.
>> There is a huge selection of popular channels on social media where
>> people enjoy arguments about today's political scandals. So there should be
>> no problem with the small number of Exi list members avoiding rowdy
>> arguments here about the many failings of current politicians. All of us
>> are very well aware of the current divisive political problems and the Exi
>> list intends to provide a welcome break from the continual political stress.
>>
>> Please Note:  This is not just a suggestion.
>>
>> I don't have time to moderate individual posts to the Exi list.
>> Therefore pointless inflammatory political posts will result in one
>> warning to stop that behavior.
>> Ignoring the warning will result in a one week ban from the Exi list to
>> provide time for tempers to cool down.
>> Further action should not be required.
>>
>> Let's try and be optimistic and look to a brighter future!
>>
>> ExiMod
>>
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