[discuss] limitation of mails per day?

Sat Jan 4 06:22:52 UTC 2014

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On 3 Jan 2014 22:44, "Nick Ashton-Hart" <nashton at ccianet.org> wrote:
>
> Not that these aren't all interesting questions, but  speaking personally
I think we can implement something like this without turning it into an
exercise that requires an abacus or higher maths, to be completely frank.
>
> This is implemented in other lists and the sky didn't fall in, did it?
>
Does the other list you refer have a similar role as 1Net? This is a unique
environment where there may be a need to respond 20times in a day to
multiple conversion by an individual while the same individual may not need
to write anything within a week.
There is the other thing in Dialogue which we may loose if limit is
implemented. I call it emotions; it is what people writes that provokes
others to respond and there is usually the probability(yeah maths) that
someone responding almost immediately when he/she finds an interesting
topic will provide more "effective" response than having to wait till to
use the next day access (due to limit restriction). By the second day,
there will have been many other mails which will then create a priority
response. IMHO I don't think 1Net should shut lips this way; it should give
opportunity to share and provoke ideas. We need those emotions to be
provoked to produce a better resolution, we need to provide the opportunity
to continue to disagree on a matter with hope to agree (or remain disagreed)

Cheers!
>
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> Avri Doria <avri at acm.org> wrote:
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>> Hi,
>>
>>  I am going to use one of my 4 to indicate that while I will endeavor to
comply, I think it is a bad idea.
>>
>> - already today, I notice shifting discussions off list.  Long threads
are what happens as one digs deeper into a topic using a conversational
email mode.  Yes, it can also happen when people are ping-ponging
accusatory cruft,  but that is not the only reason it happens.  Sometimes
the meat of a subject only comes out after a dialogue has gone on for bit
and gotten beyond the banalities.
>>
>> - how do you balance the contributions of those who write long epistles,
with those who contribute short comments.  Should we count words too?  Do
we need Thomas' email stats tool which seems a good behavioral throttle? Or
are we only trying to save people from having unread messages as opposed to
having them read too much?
>>
>> - if one is asked a question, do they just respond privately?
>>
>> - what about when there are more than 4 threads?  Should we combine
multiple threads in one message in order to keep our message count low?
>>
>> - what is a day?  Does the message I sent at 1am EST before going to bed
count with today's messages (I will assume it does - this is my third).  Or
do we do our calculations of 4/day using UTC?  Or maybe we use Jewish rules
and count from sundown?
>>
>> - to what extent will some people decide that if they get 4 messages a
day, well then they are going to use them.  Even if they have nothing to
say.
>>
>> Oh, well.
>>
>> avri
>>
>>
>> On 03-Jan-14 04:16, Adiel Akplogan wrote:
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>>> Hello all,
>>>
>>> In one of the thread there was a suggestion to limit the number of
mails per day per person to make it easy for everyone to follow and prevent
few and same people to overload the mailing list (the number of 4 was
suggested but that is disputable). I know some will jump that it is will be
breach to freedom of expression :-) (which in fact will be somehow true),
but frankly it is becoming not easy to keep track of everything posted on
the list. (I have to catchup with 300+ emails after few days off)
Can_we/should_we do anything at all about that? Thoughts?
>>>
>>> - a.
>>>
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