<div><div dir="auto">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. </div></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On 2020. Aug 3., Mon at 17:15, William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">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).</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">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.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">bill w</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Aug 3, 2020 at 8:28 AM ExiMod via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org" target="_blank">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div>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.<br></div><div><br></div><div>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. <br></div><div>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.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Please Note: This is not just a suggestion. <br></div><div><br></div><div>I don't have time to moderate individual posts to the Exi list. <br></div><div>Therefore pointless inflammatory political posts will result in one warning to stop that behavior. <br></div><div>Ignoring the warning will result in a one week ban from the Exi list to provide time for tempers to cool down.<br></div><div>Further action should not be required.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Let's try and be optimistic and look to a brighter future!<br></div><div><br></div><div>ExiMod<br></div><div><br></div><div><div><br></div><div>Sent with <a href="https://protonmail.com" target="_blank">ProtonMail</a> Secure Email.<br></div></div><div><br></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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