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Rusty
January 8th 07, 07:02 AM
I think a ban would be perfect for this group. I know who would be
first and foremost to get banned also. TRistan,. thats who as he can
not keep his vile mouth under control for 1 second.

"Tristan" > wrote in message
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> I think a ban would be perfect for this group. I know who would be
> first and foremost to get banned also. CArol,. thats who as she can
> not keep her vile mouth under control for 1 second.
>
> On 7 Jan 2007 06:41:53 -0800, "Lieken" > wrote:
>
> <<>>Very good. You have an Idea of what Carol will do.
> <<>>
> <<>>Gill Passman wrote:
> <<>>> I've been lurking for a while and reading the ongoing discussions
and it
> <<>>> appears to me one of the major hiccups is whether the moderatoration
> <<>>> team adopts a policy of banning offenders....so I thought it might
be
> <<>>> appropriate to open a topic exclusively devoted to this.....my
thoughts:_
> <<>>>
> <<>>> 1. When I was part of a team looking at proposing an RFD for a
moderated
> <<>>> group (not rec.ponds) we did include some line about banning repeat
> <<>>> offenders.....on a sliding scale....from the discussions I've seen I
no
> <<>>> longer believe that this is a workable option
> <<>>>
> <<>>> 2. Because an offender can easily nym shift, obtain throw away email
> <<>>> addies or indeed swop IP Addresses (just going down to the internet
> <<>>> cafe) it would be extremely hard for the moderation team to keep on
top
> <<>>> of someone determined to disrupt the group just by banning them.
> <<>>>
> <<>>> 3. The only viable option that I see is to moderate on
content.....if a
> <<>>> "disrupter" of a group cannot post this stuff they will lose
interest
> <<>>> (well hopefully) - they might try for a bit but a determined
moderation
> <<>>> team can hit delete very quickly....
> <<>>>
> <<>>> 4. In no way should disagreements on theory or someone's experience
be
> <<>>> viewed as trolling......it is so easy to claim that someone who
takes an
> <<>>> opposing view is a troll.....any claims such as these should be
> <<>>> rejected.....
> <<>>>
> <<>>> 5. Someone, who has demonstrated trolling tendencies in the past,
should
> <<>>> be allowed to post if they are on topic and not attacking others....
> <<>>>
> <<>>> In a nutshell, I think a banning or suspension policy would be a
great
> <<>>> burden on a moderation team.....rejecting on content, irrespective
of
> <<>>> poster, is the fairest way to go....
> <<>>>
> <<>>> Gill
>
>
>
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