[liberationtech] Revised Liberationtech List Guidelines

[Yosem Companys]

A few days ago, we sent a call for suggestions on how to improve the
management of the Liberationtech list to prevent further flaming.  Thanks
to all those of you who submitted your suggestions.

After reviewing these, we found that they generally called for the same
thing:  List subscribers want a stricter enforcement of Liberationtech
guideline #3, that is, "Please keep discussions constructive and civil. We
have a zero-tolerance policy for anyone who posts inflammatory, extraneous,
or off-topic messages."

We will do so.  But, to make the guideline more explicit, we also decided
to amend the guidelines as a whole to specify the consequences resulting
from this type of behavior.  The new guidelines have been posted at
https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech and are listed
at the end of this message.

To increase the likelihood that everyone will be aware of the list
guidelines, we have also amended the footer to read as follows:
"Liberationtech is a public list whose archives are searchable on Google.
Persistent violations of list guidelines will get you moderated:
https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe,
change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at
companys at stanford.edu."  New subscribers already receive the list
guidelines when they first subscribe to the list and in their monthly
reminders.

Should you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to direct them
to me at companys at stanford.edu.  If you'd like to discuss the list
guidelines further, please do not do that here.  Instead, go to the
liberationtech-policy list at
https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech-policy and do
so there.

Thanks,

Yosem, one of your moderators



STANFORD LIBERATIONTECH GUIDELINES

1. Liberationtech is a public list, so anyone can join and read the
archives, forward messages, or mirror the list without our knowledge. The
list archives are searchable by search engines such as Google. As such, we
urge you to use pseudonyms, fake email addresses, https, and anonymizer
software, especially when discussing items of a sensitive nature. Two
robust applications are:

https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere

And,

https://www.torproject.org/

2. We urge you to use the list to ask for (or offer) advice, discuss
issues, and share information.

3. All replies go to the entire list, so please keep "me too" replies to a
minimum.

4. We forbid the sending of attachments, as these can be used to spread
viruses or spyware. Instead, copy and paste your attachment into the
message body, or upload and make it a public doc and share the link. For
more info, please see:

https://tibetaction.net/detach-from-attachments/

5. To maintain civil discourse, we have a zero-tolerance policy for anyone
who posts ad hominems, or otherwise inflammatory, extraneous, or off-topic
messages.

6. Please refrain from making hard product (or service) sells.

7. Persistent violations of guidelines 3 to 6 will get you moderated.

8. If you ever want to unsubscribe or change your options (eg, switch to or
from digest mode, change your password, etc.), visit your subscription page.
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