Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 09:30:14 02/08/00
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On February 08, 2000 at 01:16:27, John Warfield wrote: >On February 08, 2000 at 01:10:06, Roger wrote: > >>On February 07, 2000 at 17:07:13, Dann Corbit wrote: >> >>>On February 07, 2000 at 16:28:31, James B. Shearer wrote: >>> >>>>On February 07, 2000 at 15:30:51, Dann Corbit wrote: >>>> >>>>>Banning people and not accounts is harder than it seems. >>>>>Imagine that someone makes a new account named "Quimby." Quimby starts posting >>>>>stuff that makes you suspect it is someone banned. How do you know? If Quimby >>>>>does not really cross the line, how can we remove them? >>>> >>>> Remove them on reasonable suspicion. If you are feeling generous give >>>>them a chance to prove to your satisfaction that they are someone else. Are you >>>>claiming there is reasonable doubt about the real identity of "jonathon smith"? >>> >>>I think we need to be very, very careful about being judge, jury and executioner >>>based on suspicion, no matter how strong. This one seems obvious. How about >>>some other cases? Not always so easy. Sometimes, they take a while to act out >>>the starring role rather than a somewhat calmer pseudo-nym. >>> >>>There are ways to identify them besides guessing. It is not always clear what >>>to do about someone who joins back under another alias. What if they should >>>always behave themselves as model citizens, even though we know who they are? >>> >>>I think that they should still be suspended until it is lifted officially by >>>CCC, but not everyone may have the same viewpoint. And there clearly are two >>>sides to an issue such as this. My viewpoints are often wrong. >>> >>>I don't think there is any question about the identity of js. >> >>You've been a great moderator, Dann...I admire your wit and your sense of >>fairness, and that of Bruce and KarinsDad as well. You and I may disagree on the >>issue of who should be able to ban, but I agree with you wholeheartedly that the >>aliases of those who are suspended should be suspended. >> >>You've heard the old saying that if you let someone break a rule, the rule gets >>weaker. The rule became weak where ChrisW was concerned. >> >>Roger > > > I think he has been a lousy moderator, so has moreland, and especially >karismom. Hmmm... And all this time I was thinking that they were great moderators and you were just a lousy troller. Guess I was wrong...
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