> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "wayback71" <wayback71@> wrote: > > It appears that the people who overpost are not stepping up and > saying that they are going to change or that they care about or > understand what the FFL community has said to them, in fairly > gentle and kind terms.
In fact, Sparaig has treated the whole subject as if it were a joke, and Judy has never even ONCE acknowledged that her level of posting is excessive. I think we have to assume that neither of them thinks that their level of posting IS excessive. Therefore they're not going to change. Shemp and I have acknowledged our willingness to either cut back or leave the forum entirely. But Sparaig and Judy are trying to bluff their way through this and continue doing what they have always done. They are assuming that no one has the balls to actually impose some sane controls on them, since they seem incapable of self-control. The two of them have SUCCESSFULLY taken over Fairfield Life, such that any new person showing up on the scene would have to believe that they *represent* Fairfield Life. That is, after all, all they see when they go to a FFL Messages page: endless numbers of posts by sparaig and authfriend. And now these two are betting that you guys are going to wuss out and allow them to KEEP doing this. I think that in a recent post new.morning made an astute observation, and used the appropriate word for this type of behavior: "It just seems a shame to give in and let the terrorists shape our lives. Then they win." Reluctantly, I finally agree with new.morning. The only thing these cyberterrorists will under- stand is "cutting them off at the pump." They have DEMONSTRATED that they won't listen to reason and they have failed even to *acknowledge* that their behavior is offensive. So I'd vote for a solution similar to what he proposed: -- Given an appropriate "start date" (say the beginning of a calendar month) monitor the posting activity of the biggest offenders. -- A normal month on FFL consists of 3000 to 5000 posts total. 10% of that would be 30 to 50 posts per month. -- When these posters reach a total of 30 posts for the month, send out a warning that they only have 20 left for the month. At that point they know that they have to "cut down," or else. -- When they reach 50, cut them off for the rest of the month. -- If they get "cut off" three months in a row, suspend their posting privileges permanently. Simple, effective, and fair. Speaking as someone who has posted WAY too much in the past, I would have NO PROBLEM abiding by such a policy. Unc/Barry/TurquoiseB To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
