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Subject: Re: Proposal: Block hotmail accounts (and alike)

Author: Bruce Moreland

Date: 15:21:51 03/18/01

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On March 18, 2001 at 07:03:33, Tony Werten wrote:

>I hope some of the about to be moderators will pick this up.
>
>The whole point of CCC was to get rid of anonymous posters. Accepting anonymous
>emailaccounts brings them back again.
>
>Questions is wether we are loosing too much non-hostile anynomous posters or
>maybe even some we like to have around?
>
>Cheers,
>
>Tony

There are a zillion of these and it's probably not possible to do.  We are
always a bit vulnerable to these idiots, and there's a certain amount of
reliance on the fact that most of them are a little too stupid to think of more
ways to cause trouble.

The best course is to send moderator email, and maybe to add a "moderation"
messaging saying that this mail has been sent, and asking people not to respond
in the thread.  If someone has done that, it's best *not* to respond in the
thread, even to tell the guy how stupid he is.  He either knows he's stupid and
regards that as a *good* thing, or he's so stupid that no amount of telling him
is going to help.

I think that these guys are mostly just kids who can't get any attention from
the people around them, so they try to get it here.  If they don't get it, there
is no reason for them to stay.

bruce



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