<div dir="ltr">So, that's been quite the last few days.<div><br></div><div style>I think we've seen the worst of this list from all sides; clueless externals and snarky internals. But! We've also seen the best of it with our last few threads; people having smart, in-depth, useful discussions.</div>
<div style><br></div><div style>I don't want to focus on the bad, it should be pretty obvious what is and isn't cool. Just remember that you are talking to another human being. Show a little civility and we'll all get on fine.</div>
<div style><br></div><div style>People will mimic the behaviour they see already present on the list, and it can't escape anyone's notice that we can go for long stretches where it's just me announcing meetings and loads of job ads. When that's all there is, there's no connection to the other members and it's easy to let slip a little snark. </div>
<div style><br></div><div style>So how about we try to stop the list from stagnating? Happily a bunch of you have obviously had this idea already and are showing what the list is good at. Keep it up! I'm not saying you all have to post a new discussion topic every day (none of us would get any work done!), but just remember that alongside stack overflow, hacker news, twitter, coderwall, and all the other sources you'd use to ask questions or muse about new topics there's still this humble old list. This list is full of smart, funny, and nice people that you can actually meet at least once a month and thank them for their response to your question. Imagine that.</div>
<div style><br></div><div style>If we're lucky we'll be able to entice some of the folk that left on Tuesday to come back. That'd be nice, wouldn't it? Let's try and I will, as always, remain,</div><div style>
<br></div><div style>Your hopeful organis-a-tron,</div><div style><br></div><div style>Muz</div><div style><br></div></div>