[Fis] RV: FIS, Weekly posting frequency.

[pedro marijuan]

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-----Original Message-----
From: Jerry LR Chandler <jerry_lr_chandler at me.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2014 10:37:32 
To: Pedro C. Marijuan<pcmarijuan.iacs at aragon.es>
Subject: FIS, Weekly posting frequency.

Pedro:

Just a small suggestion about the rules for posting to the FIS list serve.

Personally, I find the current constraint of two posts per week is so restrictive that it makes a conversation very difficult.  It necessitates long delays, during which time, one looses interest in the topic.  (We are flooded by a plethora of new ideas!)

I feel that the value of the list would be enhanced by permitting three or even four posts per week.

I would suggest that you consult with other members about this issue.

You may post this message to the list serve if you wish.

Cheers

Jerry


On Nov 3, 2014, at 5:09 AM, Pedro C. Marijuan wrote:

> Dear Marcin and colleagues,
> 
> Many thanks for the sympathy and for the suggestion. I think your proposal is quite in the spirit of the fis initiative. Maintaining the academic code of conduct should be the First Rule of the list. The Second Rule, as is well known, says that only two messages per week are allowed. And the Third Rule, should be about clean posting. I mean, in order to placate the susceptibility of the server filters the messages should be addressed only to fis, exclusively, (a few other addresses might appear in the "cc", but the lesser the better), and not dragging old messages at the bottom is strongly recommended... Additionally, we have a fis steering committee (integrated by Yixin, Krassimir, Shu-Kun, and myself) that can arbitrate in contentious cases where the First Rule should apply.
> 
> Let us forget the present incident; always clarifying that FIS list is completely open to criticisms, first on fis itself, and also addressed to any other school or doctrine, either contemporary or from the past... knowing the opinion of "contrarians" is as much important as knowing the opinions of the followers. INFORMATION HAS ENORMOUSLY CHANGED OUR SCIENTIFIC-ECONOMIC-CULTURAL-SOCIAL WORLD AND WE NEED RADICALLY DIFFERENT IDEAS. By the way, there is an important work on "social physics" (but arguing from the information flow point of view) by Alex Pentland that in my opinion establishes the very foundations of "SOCIAL INFORMATION SCIENCE"--it is a pity, and possibly  an error (?), that this author has placed his exciting research under the banner of physics.
> 
> best wishes ---Pedro
>