[tor-relays] FW: What's a "useful" mailing list contributor?

[Ralph Seichter]

On 11.01.2017 06:30, Roman Mamedov wrote:

> On Wed, 11 Jan 2017 07:09:27 +0200
> "Rana" <ranaventures at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Wow. I offer to maintain a FAQ for small relays and in return I get
> > this. Unsubscribed.
>
> Those were all reasonable requests laid out in a clear and polite
> fashion. If you don't want to follow etiquette of a community, never
> listen and instead throw a tantrum at the earliest opportunity, I have
> to wonder how useful any "FAQ" would have been with a maintainer like
> that. IMO your decision is a good one, please don't consider to reverse
> it.

Roman, you nailed it. The "September that never ended" is now well into
its 24th year, but the refusal by some to adhere to netiquette that has
proven to make mailing lists productive and worthwhile is still quite
annoying to observe.

-Ralph