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Re: Block user X from replying to a message by user Y
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lugnet.admin.suggestions
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Date:
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Fri, 10 May 2002 20:37:48 GMT
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Ben Roller wrote:
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> In lugnet.admin.suggestions, William R. Ward writes:
> > It seems to me that certain recurring flamefests could be prevented,
> > or at least reduced in scope, if you could prohibit certain users from
> > replying to certain other users (and vice-versa)....
I think this would be helpful, but...
> I don't think that you could really keep that in control. If I had some
> problem with you, and started publicly insulting you, I'd expect that you
> may want to defend yourself. If you couldn't you could just start your own
> thread to get back at me.
>
> I don't think this is a problem that needs technical solution. If there are
> some people that are flaming inappropriately or annoyingly, the usual
> methods (temporary or permanant loss of posting priveleges) would work fine.
> We (well, the admins) just need to warn those people and then follow through
> with the consequences.
You're right, what really needs to happen is there needs to be less
tolerance (and zero tolerance for some people) for responses which start
these flame wars. I think the boobie prize goes to the person who first
responds in a thread, or creates a new thread, with snide remarks, name
calling, or such.
What the prohibition of responding might do is get the people who are
constantly involved in these flame fests to give a little bit more
consideration to what they are about to say.
It's a shame more hasn't been done in the past because I think some of
these problems have become so bad because the wounds were allowed to
fester.
Frank
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