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Re: I resign from the LPRV committee
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lugnet.admin.general
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Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:58:50 GMT
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Larry Pieniazek wrote:
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> I'm not going to reply in detail (although there is stuff I agree with and stuff
> I disagree with...) Instead, I'm going to ask you how *you* would handle a
> particular post, as an exercise.
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> http://news.lugnet.com/market/auction/?n=10625
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> Here's a post that flogs. There is nothing in that post about creations, just a
> link to an auction. The author tries to justify it by citing someone else's post
> (which also was a link to an auction, and which got a warning, which wasn't
> received well at all), sort of a "He did it so I can too".
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> If you read the ToU, you can tell that Todd felt very very strongly about
> "auction spam", that posts that are purely flogging of an auction in a non
> market (and non local) group are not a good thing at all. I'd argue that this
> particular post is a pretty clear cut violation of the ToU as written, wouldn't
> you agree? (see discussion group point 11)
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> Would you do nothing? Would you warn offline? Would you warn online? would you
> give a timeout? If so, what would you say (or not say, if your answer is do
> nothing) and why?
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> I'll tell you what the admins did (and why I think they did what they did),
> after you answer. I think this will be a great exercise, because I agree with
> most of what you say, I just want to see how you'd apply it, and here's an
> example where there's little ambiguity about wiether the post is outside the
> scope of what the LUGNET Owners wanted to have posted and where.
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> My contention is that it is easy to say (heck, I've said it) use a light touch,
> but hard to apply.
Yes Larry it is EASY!
I KNOW what ~I~ would do.
walk away!
ignore it.
IF this is what you did, then good for you. if not...... (shrug) more
of the same-ol' same-ol' i guess.
The ToU and its enfocement should be more about the "spirit" then the
hard and fast rule set.
Chris
now if you'll excuse me, i have a video lego train car to finish.
(whats a bogie?) (wink)
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