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<div class="gmail_quote">On Mar 19, 2014 6:37 PM, "Praveen Sinha" <<a href="mailto:dmhomee@gmail.com">dmhomee@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div>Tom,<br><br></div>nb-discuss has had many many long threads on lots of contentious issues at noisebridge whether it's sleeping or mercury.<br><br></div>The discussions on race and gender bring up lots of feelings in people, but honestly moderating out these discussions as being somehow "off-topic" are, I feel, part and parcel of systemic discrimination in the tech industry, whether it happens in open source forums. This thread may have been a free for all, but it's also confronting very real issues under the surface at NB.<br>
<br></div>I for one would really appreciate an explanation of why you chose to shut the list down.<br><br></div>Thanks for your work,<br>Praveen<br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 9:32 AM, Tom Lowenthal <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:me@tomlowenthal.com" target="_blank">me@tomlowenthal.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I have taken the list out of general moderation. You are free to go<br>
about your business.<br>
<br>
This is not your moment to get the last word in on yesterday's<br>
arguments. I will individually moderate folks who rekindle those<br>
discussions.<br>
<br>
Hugs,<br>
-Tom<br>
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On 18 March 2014 14:40, Tom Lowenthal <<a href="mailto:me@tomlowenthal.com" target="_blank">me@tomlowenthal.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Hi hackers,<br>
><br>
> In my new apparent role as Noisebridge's fascist dictator, I have put<br>
> the discussion list on moderation. This means that nobody gets to<br>
> post. This'll last for a few hours or until one of the other<br>
> moderators decides to revert it.<br>
><br>
> Consider yourselves in “time out”. I want everyone to think very hard<br>
> about what they've done.<br>
><br>
> Kisses,<br>
> -Tom<br>
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