[ale] New Mailing List initiatives for ALE

[Geoffrey]

James Sumners wrote:
> I think moderation as you are proposing is absolutely the worst way to
> go. Greg already pointed out the biggest problems with that idea. It
> is slow and will probably drive more people away than it brings in.
> Don't get me wrong; my head might actually explode if I see one more
> useless "Ping!OMFG IM NOT GETTING EMAIL!" thread. But leaving it up to
> one, or a handful of people, as to what gets through and what doesn't
> is not the solution.

I think the thing I find most bothersome of late is the back and forth 
of the one liners posters have posted dragging a particular thread 
totally off topic and simply wasting bandwidth.

Let's face it folks, none of us are as funny as we think we are.

-- 
Until later, Geoffrey

Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little
temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.
  - Benjamin Franklin