Bill Roh [Sodom] wrote:
> These problems are definitely real - I agree it is not an easy thing
...I would like to suggest that a functional mechanism is already in
place, requiring only diligent application to be successeful. Flame
wars are different than passionate debate. Adoption of a "conscious
approach" to communication should allow the individual participant
> to do. What we are really talking about is participation I think.If
> we are going to "vote" on things, then suppose we have a group like
> the Snow Leopard collective, with users registrting individualy, a
> group could skew the vote a particular way. What we need is an
"outer
> circle" in which everyone who has been here for a little while can
> watch the newcomers and decide weather they have some major issue
> that would exclude them. Maybe exclusion is better than inclusion as
> a system - and all the oldsters will not have to deal with the
> issue.
...no-nonsense confrontation without insult can also be effective.
-psypher