Observations on the List - "Be More Kind"

[jfong at ms4.hinet.net]

Chris Angelico at 2018.10.10 UTC+8 AM 10:31:33 wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 10, 2018 at 1:21 PM <jfong at ms4.hinet.net> wrote:
> > I switched from comp.lang.python to mailing list a few months ago for those spam threads there. Now it seems a bad decision because 1) replied mail can be lost  or duplicated or even banned. 2) look at each separately mail is not as comfortable as at a single thread. 3) Google group is a more free land to live.
> >
> > So, have to switch back to comp.lang.python to get ride of all these problems.
> >
> 
> Well, just be aware that a lot of people block ALL posts that come
> from Google Groups. The signal-to-noise ratio there is sufficiently
> low that it's often just not worth carrying that traffic. So you're
> welcome to switch over to there to get freedom, but you're basically
> getting the Wild West, where spammers run free and the lawless rule...
> and the genteel avoid the place.
> 
> ChrisA

Wild West? haha.. nice metaphor, thanks for reminding. But, in cyberspace, I prefer more freedom than more safety:-)

--Jach