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[Valorie Zimmerman <valorie.zimmerman@xxxxxxxxx>]

I read the discourse occasionally, but really Do Not Like how so much
quoted material is in old threads. At least in ML, gmail hides quoted text
behind ... so I can read it if necessary. As I said, spoiled by Groups.io
which I use for genealogy and etc. I used to try to keep up on Reddit etc.
too but... there is just too much to follow.

We need admin who actually read the ML; once a fight gets started it's
important to jump on it and put out the fire before it spreads.

Of course it is annoying when people post bug reports in MLs (or IRC) but
this is our chance to educate our users and turn them into skillful
testers! It is how I started, my son reminded me this past weekend.

When I complained about something to him, he asked if I had reported this
to the developers, which was a completely new concept to me 20+ years ago!
It is a joy to see users who used to be the complainers explaining to other
users how to file bug reports; this is work worth doing.

Although I find the MM admin tools really clunky, I still like the
immediacy of email and will continue to monitor both the -devel and -user
MLs. I hope others are doing that work in Discourse, Reddit, Facebook? and
etc.

Valorie

On Wed, May 1, 2024 at 11:47 PM Rick Timmis <ricktimmis68@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Hi Valorie, we have a Kubuntu category on the Ubuntu discourse. Same on
> AskUbuntu.
> I don't really read the UL, and hadn't seen these threads.
>
> However, I am happy to fly wingman with you on admin so you're not alone
> Rick
>
> On Wed, 1 May 2024, 20:44 Valorie Zimmerman, <valorie.zimmerman@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> Grrrr, I misread the sender of another nasty email and modded the wrong
>> person, Cody. And now he is no longer on the ML. Turns out bmarsh had
>> another email which he used to launch his last nasty. For now, modded; may
>> just remove him.
>>
>> I'm uncomfortable being the lone admin; Myriam is listed but is no longer
>> involved; Clay is long-gone.
>>
>> Mailman seems very antiquated at this point; I'm used to Groups.io (not
>> Free Software) which is so much kinder to the list owner and extremely
>> functional as a forum too. It is what Discourse *could* and should be, IMO.
>>
>> Valorie
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 30, 2024 at 10:16 PM Valorie Zimmerman <
>> valorie.zimmerman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> KC: Do any of you read the K-U mail list regularly?
>>>
>>> We had a thread go over the line today and fortunately @arraybolt (Aaron
>>> Raybolt) called my attention to it. After re-reading the entire thread
>>> again, I moderated one member, then asked the list to remember to be polite
>>> and helpful. They always have been, since I've been reading it.
>>>
>>> It would be good to share the pwd with another KC member who reads it
>>> for better coverage, just in case.
>>>
>>> Valorie
>>>
>>> --
>>> she/her. "Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself
>>> running with them." - Marcus Aurelius
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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>>
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