📅 Original date posted:2014-03-25 📝 Original message:I would echo the need for some kind of moderation. I believe Peter Todd is an extremely intelligent individual, who has a lot to offer the Bitcoin community. He has a firm grasp of a lot of really deep Bitcoin concepts and his *technical* insight is generally positive. Technically. But the way he communicates on this list is *extremely* corrosive and breeds hostility. It makes it a scary place to discuss things, with frequent, public ridicule of everything posted. I agree that I would rather have a friendly environment to discuss technicals, even if it means losing additional technical insight. People who would explicitly insult other contributors intelligence and character on a public list should be subject to some kind of negative reinforcement. Maybe there's solutions other than outright banning. -Alan On 03/25/2014 01:37 PM, Jeff Garzik wrote: > On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 9:49 AM, Peter Todd <pete at petertodd.org> wrote: >> For someone with 'Chief Scientist' as their job title, I'm surprised you >> think so little of hard evidence and so much of idol worshipping. > Peter, take this unprofessional, personal crap off-list. > > Mike's anecdote of hostility is not an isolated one. Just today, a > bitcore developer commented on "Peter Todd's ..apocalyptic vision > and... negative view on bitcoin" which turned off some other > developers from participating more interactively. > > As I commented on IRC, open source projects are no strangers to people > who simultaneously (a) make useful contributions and (b) turn > potential contributors away with an abrasive or hostile attitude > toward others. It's an unsolved problem in OSS, that I saw for 15+ > years in the Linux kernel community. > > For this list, as Mike suggested on IRC, introducing an openly stated > moderation policy may be the one route. >