There was some recent discussion around etrade or etree about the possibility of filtering out posts about "unmentionables", "at the server." Just in case anyone was seriously considering this, I'd just like to point out that it'd probably be ill-advised.
Example that would be dropped if screening unfriendly keywords: "Offer for (friendly) band, if you haven't heard them, they sound kind of like (unfriendly band)." Example dropped if you screened out the word "video": "Woohoo! (Friendly band) has a new video release of fans' choice favorite show! See (wepage)." These are just pretend examples, but there would no doubt be *many* valid discussion posts that would get dropped by keyword. Given that the root problem is posts by inexperienced/unfamiliar new subscribers, picture the additional confusion-volume level that would arise from "Hey, where'd my discussion/offer/pointer post go!?" and the requisite explanations about keyword screening.... Diana Hamilton -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Baltimore, MD USA Small SHN FAQ: http://alumni.umbc.edu/~hamilton/shnfaq.html SHN Info Database: http://db.etree.org/shncirc _______________________________________________ etree.org etree mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://mail.etree.org/mailman/listinfo/etree Need help? Ask <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
