[kwlug-disc] Should kwlug-disc archives be private?

[James Kelsh]

I feel the list should remain public. What do we mostly discuss?
Linux desktop environments, new Linux distributions, new versions of open source software, upcoming presentations, past presentations, networking technical issues, etc. We should be sharing our shared knowledge and experiences with Linux and open source software, especially for new members. 
Anonymity for our email addresses would be great but it should not stop us. 
Without me finding KWLUG and this list years ago I would still be lost.
Just my 2 cents. 
Jim Kelsh

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> On Nov 26, 2018, at 3:45 AM, Paul Nijjar via kwlug-disc <kwlug-disc at kwlug.org> wrote:
> 
> A few weeks ago a list member contacted me privately. This person was
> uncomfortable participating on the mailing list because the archives
> are public, and show up in search engine results. 
> 
> A long time ago, this made sense. Stack Exchange did not exist, so
> sometimes people would search for solutions to technical problems and
> find them in our archives. That is much less the case now. 
> 
> There is also the issue of email address obfuscation. Mailman does a
> terrible job of this, and I am sure that our addresses are easily
> harvested by spammers. This issue came up many years ago as well, but
> we did not do anything about this. 
> 
> On the other hand, KWLUG is a public group that advocates FLOSS, and
> FLOSS has a bias towards transparency. 
> 
> I am not sure what the right decision is here, and I am not sure how
> we go about making that decision. I would prefer that this not turn
> into a bikeshed situation, but action by dictatorial fiat seems wrong
> too.
> 
> So, for those who care: would you be offended if we made list archives
> private? Why?
> 
> Would you be offended if we kept list archives public? Why?
> 
> - Paul
> 
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