Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 19:30:28 03/26/99
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On March 26, 1999 at 22:22:50, Adnan wrote: >>there is a solution: automated moderation. We set up a 'bot' that knows >>three types of people: >> >>1. known 'good' posters. posts are auto-passed thru, but can be deleted if >>they become offensive. >> >>2. known 'bad' posters. No posts allowed, period, all are rejected. This >>would be where I would put Rolf, Sean, and 'company'. > >I disagree with number 2. Usenet is a public system. You should not ban people >completely people from USENET *any* newsgroup, no matter how abusive they become >sometimes. Each post from "bad" poster should be judged by it's on merit. If the >post is abusive, it should be rejected. If it is not, you should reject it. Not >to mention, USENET adminstration would never allow such a blatant ban on people. Counterargument: Scott Nudds in news:comp.lang.c and news:comp.lang.asm.x86 Rolf Teuschen[*] in news:rec.games.chess.programmer Sean Evans[**] in news:rec.games.chess.programmer Archimedes Plutonium in sci.math James Harris in sci.math The fact of the matter is that there *are* whinging twits in the world and they can be identified. >Another problem is that it is impossible to ban someone from USENET completely. >To do that you have to ban his entire ISP, because corrrect email address are >not required to post to USENET. No USENET admin would let you ban somone >completely from the group. Each post of a bad poster should be judged >individually. You have to ban the fake names as they appear. You're right, it does not work very well. I don't really hold out much hope for Usenet any more. The terrorists have wrecked it. [*] OK, rolf's banter with Ilias was almost interesting. None of the others has ever produced anything worth considering. [**] Once in a great while he makes a sensible post. I believe they are decoys.
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