Re: Messages from the ietf list for the week ending Sun Aug 16 14:36:38 2020

["Andrew G. Malis" <[e-mail]>]

Warren and Rich,

Of course! My email was triggered by idle curiosity looking at the size of
the messages in the list.

Cheers,
Andy


On Mon, Aug 17, 2020 at 1:12 PM Warren Kumari <[e-mail]> wrote:

> On Mon, Aug 17, 2020 at 12:23 PM Salz, Rich
> <rsalz=[e-mail]> wrote:
> >
> > Does it matter about mail headers, etc.?  The point is to look at number
> of postings and relative size.  As long as all measurements are done at the
> same place, that's fine.
>
> Indeed -- I think we need to make sure we are not losing sight of the
> *purpose* of this -- I had always understood it to be a signal to the
> top posters that they may be dominating the conversation, and to
> consider taking a step back / deep breath and let others speak as
> well.
>
> I think that 5 long and considered posting are much much more helpful
> (and certainly less harmful) than 25 really short back and forths. I
> personally think that the "length" metric should be dropped, or is
> just a "meh, 'tis easy to report, why not?!" sort of thing...
>
> W
>
>
> --
> I don't think the execution is relevant when it was obviously a bad
> idea in the first place.
> This is like putting rabid weasels in your pants, and later expressing
> regret at having chosen those particular rabid weasels and that pair
> of pants.
>    ---maf
>