"Eeep -- we're being hit by a wave of spam!"

[jducoeur]

Well, that was my first reaction when I saw 300 messages slamming into our mailbox. My second reaction was, "Wait -- where is it all going?" My third reaction was, "Oh: it's all being filtered into sca-east".

And that (plus a quick skim of said wave of messages) is a pretty good summary of why I find myself unable to pay any attention to that mailing list any more. No offense to elizabear, but there's a posting brewing for The Art of Conversation, to be titled something like "Laissez-faire and the Tragedy of the Commons in the Market of Words"...

Comments

[liamstliam.livejournal.com]

I think it's very simple, you ban her and people who have abused her "Mr. "Did you forget your medicine."

I think she has every right to defend herself after the unfair attack she suffered a couple of weeks ago, but I think she was over the op on this one and cannot see that she needs to step back.

I also think Yeliz has the strength of being a moderator who rarely intervenes, so when she says "Shut up!" people do.