Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 10:53:41 11/04/03
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On November 04, 2003 at 00:48:25, Dave Gomboc wrote:
>On November 03, 2003 at 21:05:26, Christophe Theron wrote:
>
>>I'm definitely *against* hiding the moderators' work. When somebody steps on the
>>line, the moderators can contact him by email and/or post a "MODERATION" message
>>in answer to the offending message. I'm in favor of a public warning.
>>
>>When somebody is banned, it deserves a public announcement. If it does not, what
>>will???
>
>When I was a moderator, we emailed the member privately to indicate that their
>account was suspended, why it was suspended, and the duration of the suspension.
> The suspension took effect immediately upon the decision of the moderators.
>Suspensions are (were) quite rare, and there was never a case where the member
>replied back with a compelling argument justifying their conduct, though if
>there had been, we could have changed our minds about it.
>
>However, we did not post a public announcement. Doing so would only distract
>from the purpose of the forum. IIRC, sometimes the banned individual themself
>found another IP address, made a new account, and posted publicly complaining,
>whereupon we had another account to block! However, if another member posted,
>asking if someone had been suspended, we would confirm (or deny, as
>appropriate), and leave it at that.
>
>IIRC, closing threads ("thread is closed, new posts will be deleted") was much
>more common than actual suspensions.
>
>Dave
Keeping decisions secret because of the fear that they would fire up even more
discussions is the first step out of democracy.
Christophe
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