Just wanted to chime in ... Anurag wrote: > 2009/2/18 Kenneth Gonsalves <[email protected]>: >> frankly I do not understand this. Neither of them are newbies. Both of >> them are valuable members of this list. What are you going to achieve by >> moderating them for a week? Are you going to counsel and reform >> them? Or do you feel 'punishment' will make them 'repent' (if they have >> committed some crime)? This whole 'crime and punishment' outlook >> does not sit well in a community like this. Agreed, obvious spammers >> should be banned (not moderated). Newbies doing things because they >> dont know the rules should be politely corrected by peer pressure. >> Apart from that, nothing constructive will be achieved by moderation >> which is an archaic concept from the dark ages and more suited to >> places like china where the whole country is under moderation.
+1 to everything Kenneth said in his mail. I agree moderation is not really a good long term policy even if in the short term it might seem effective. The punishment method only encourages the trolls to wait for the next chance they get. > > Not allowing their posts in seemed like the best way to stop them from > posting even after repeated request, and give some time to cool down. Actually, the best way to stop a troll is not to even dignify it with a response. For example, I am choosing to do that Dinesh's latest 'i didn't do anything wrong' troll post too. He is a troll and not worth my bytes. In any case, the thread /was/ amusing and entertaining besides being insightful too, as kenneth pointed out. I was waiting for Godwin's law to be invoked ...but i wonder if that happens in Indian mailing lists. Maybe, there is something else that is more relevant to Indian sensibilities which parallels godwin's law. Anyone know of any such thing ? cheers, - steve -- Linux Centric Marketplace: http://www.tuxcompatible.com -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
