Off topic aside, a bunch of us have lately started to think about the atmosphere on this list and how to improve it. Nobody should have to fear getting flamed or laughed at for proposing ideas, even if they turn out to be silly ones. Gavin talked about this in his Bitcoin 2014 keynote and asked for someone to solve the forum trolling problem.

I don't know if there are any silver bullets per se, but:

1) Please do keep ideas coming. It's easy to mute threads in any good mail client for people who don't care. If anyone gets too aggressive, the rest of us will remind them that this is unacceptable.

2) If you're willing to become a list moderator, please get in touch. Gavin and I are looking for neutral people who are willing to keep up with this list and help ensure the debate is civilised. Ideally moderation is not necessary, but that's what we tried so far and we keep getting consistent feedback from lots of people that it's not working.