Jerry, > > But how would you solve this? > > That's a good question. > > The best solution is self-filtering posters, but all it takes is one > or two who aren't to set off the Gresham's Law variant where bad > posts drive out good posts. > > The list could be moderated, but no moderation is a reasonable, and > much less time-consuming, way to operate a list. And, of course, one > person's "stupid" posts are another's "brilliant" ones, so it's hard > to moderate effectively while still allowing a full range of > opinions. It would help if people applied the same standards to their > OT posts as they do their technical posts, but I'm not optimistic at > this point.
Still thinking about this. Here's another thought ... The list is named ProFox, with Pro being an abbreviation for "Professional", right? To contrast, a fine example from your alma mater http://llk.media.mit.edu/ Each has a place in this world, but don't they properly belong in separate spaces? Granted, distinguishing "professional" from "kindergarten" in the computer world is a subjective assessment, and a person could be working as a day laborer and writing a program home at night, and I'm sure we'd all welcome that person, but we know that's not what I'm talking about. To be sure, what I am talking about is a warmongering propagandist who makes sure that every neocon argument is broadcast repeatedly to this community, another who can't put two thoughts together, and a JVC-wannabe .NET evangelist. Do these people properly belong being high-volume poster in a Professional-FoxPro forum where people are trying to create products, solve problems using VFP, and who share relatively-educated thoughts on the important issues of our time? Don't we have a saying in the computer world that goes: "garbage in, garbage out?". Don't we routinely solve problems like these by going to source of the garbage to stop it from getting into the system? Most of us filter spam, but wouldn't a better solution be to stop the high-volume spammers at the source? It's not the trickle here or there stuff that bothers people, it's the high volume "messages pounded into the brain" stuff that is the most damaging (and effective, as Madison Ave is so well aware). Bill > -Jerry Wolper _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
