Recently I've noticed an uptick in threads going off-topic. While some noise should be expected on an open source mailing list, I think it's become very counterproductive in many recent cases. A good example is the FSP-S thread going on where we see clear examples of people interjecting with non-technical diatribes and disrespecting developers, corporate contributors, and coreboot itself in violation of the existing community standards (https://coreboot.org/Code_of_Conduct).

Most of this is perpetrated by a very small handful of individuals who have not contributed anything to the codebase, so I think the current problem could be dealt with easily. It might also be worth adding something about keeping threads on-topic and focused on technology in the Code of Conduct.

Another option would be to have a developer-only mailing list, but I think it's best to try and keep things open to the community at large even if that means ejecting the most disruptive members.

Thoughts?