Re: Perhaps it's time to think about enhancements to the NANOG list...?

[Joe Provo <nanog-post () rsuc gweep net>]

On Sat, Mar 20, 2021 at 10:54:57AM -0500, Mike Hammett wrote:
> That seems like a reasonable proposal. NANOG-OffTopic, NANOG-Discuss,
> NANOG-BizDev, NANOG-xyz, something (more more than one something).
>
> The other lists still wouldn't allow promotion, but you could
> make inquiries and discuss things that don't involve enable or
> configure.

Three problems:
- Humans 
- Arguing about the sub-categorization
- Staffing to police it

Thread or poster-based plonking is and always has been the winner,
with private, direct reporting to admins for egregious cases.

I've built quite a library of procmail filters directing problematic 
posters and threads to null or review-when-needed bin.  Automated 
tagging could be helpful to facilitate such, but that mediation 
would need some investment and maintenance.

Cheers,

Joe

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