On Tue, 27 Nov 2001, Vince Sabio wrote:
> Finally, I should mention that I agree with the community-building
> aspect of off-topic threads -- so, several years ago, we created an
> "off-topic mailing list." <g>
Believe it or not, I did this with an IRC channel and even
there it works. Yes, there's an IRC channel which is almost
purely on topic, really ;))
And yes, #kernelnewbies is kept on-topic by peer pressure,
the occasional channel admin typing a (short-lived) /ban;
most importantly, however, is the #offtopic channel, which
provides people with a good place to continue their offtopic
discussions ... if people want a discussion there's no way
you can stop it, but you can always move it ;)
regards,
Rik
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