Author: Steven Schwartz
Date: 06:54:33 05/05/98
Since our membership application is automated, it
is impossible to weed out the 10 year old kids who,
for "fun", get a kick out of joining and "shocking"
everyone with obscenities.
In this particular case ("Chessmaster 102"), signed
up at 1:40 A.M. New York time AND Tim is off today,
so the young man's post has stayed beyond its normal
life span. For this we apologize. As soon as I can reach
Tim, the posts will be gone.
However, once we have the new moderators in place, we
should be able to have them "erase" messages directly.
And if the moderators span the globe, there should not
be much time in which our little pranksters can hide.
It is for this reason that I recommend that moderators
be elected from various time zones.
I have heard suggestions that people must sign up under
their actual names, but, in reality, if someone wishes to
hide his identity, there is nothing that we can do except
get rid of him if he abuses the rules of the club.
Having said all that, I personally believe that it refreshing
that the obscene post will shortly be eradicated and the thread
will die which is something that does not ever seem to happen
in other forums.
- Steve
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