Re: Reminder On Mailing List Rules

On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 3:40 PM, Daniel Brown <danbrown@php.net> wrote: >    Unfortunately, Michael, while I appreciate your analogy (rarely is > something well-balanced between wit, truth, and vivid imagery enough > to make me laugh at the mental picture), I must point out that, in > this case, you're incorrect.  We do not operate this list for purposes > of discussion; this is a support list.  While it frequently [d]evolves > into discussion - which is quite welcome to perpetuate the vibrancy of > the community at large, our intent for this list is to be used as a > means of peer support for those active on the list and reading the > archives alike.  In fact, the very description of the list is "a high > volume list for general PHP support; ask PHP questions here," Well, as you are @php.net, I will humbly bow to your word; Note that I have switched to typing with proper capitalization now. It's because I have the time. I typically delete probably 85%+ of email on the list without reading it, I read a few, and I post even rarely. I apologize for my amount of posing today being non-support related, but it has been proven that the more barriers to entry one puts up, the less people enter. The last thing I want to see is php.net mailing lists become #perl on efnet - an elitist group of folks who don't seem to be in the mood to help you and only tell you to RTFM - when a simple "yes" or "no" is actually less characters to type out to begin with. PHP is basically the only language I deal with any more - and it's the only language I -want- to deal with. I hate to see basic semantics such as "top post you asshole" scare off fresh blood and create a hostile or otherwise discriminatory environment. Keep PHP alive and well, at least until I retire. Don't let it die like Perl has! (ha, ha)