Author: Tim Mirabile
Date: 09:59:58 05/05/98
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On May 05, 1998 at 09:54:33, Steven Schwartz wrote:
>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.
We could, if necessary, contact his ISP, who could then contact his
parents so that the kid could be given a spanking. :)
>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.
The post is gone, the replies remain.
>
>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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