On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 4:15 PM, John Benediktsson <mrjbq7@gmail.com> wrote:
I would caution against using hypothetical "new people" (that maybe possibly could be offended in some way that might create harm either to that person or the community) as a reason for taking this action. Does anyone know if this has actually occurred? And in any significant numbers?
I see a group of hard working core developers that are frustrated quite legitimately and struggling with policing the content of official message boards, but that energy might push you in directions that are more harmful than not.
Be sure of who you are acting against, the person more than the emails. There is strong incidence of mental illness in the tech community and there are also persons with significantly different email personalities than actual personality.
I didn't actually "meet" him so to speak, he just spoke at me and a group of others...so it was no different than what typically occurred via email/tracker.