(From memory...) For the first time in many years a list subscriber has been asked to refrain from certain actions by list subscribers in some way or another [1], then basically the same request from a semi-official capacity three years later [2] for a repeat offense. And now this is reason for a heavier handed approach for content moderation and dare I say, "control" ? IMO, the moderator(s) are quiet because the list, for all these years, has taken care of and moderated itself. But, this is a community - if more stringent moderation of the mailing list is wanted, then the community can/should discuss and decide on that. [1] = http://archives.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/2010-November/059208.html [2] = http://archives.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/2013-November/064178.html