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Re: Can you say *** on Lugnet?
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Date: 
Fri, 17 Mar 2000 10:12:41 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.terms, Todd Lehman writes:

It's seeming more and more like it would be a useful feature to be able to
flag an article and have some sort of gentle automated note sent to the poster
as a conern.  (To avoid followups and debates in the groups, every time someone
does something mildly questionable.)

That sounds like a good idea.  The only problem that I can see is that some
people might view the automated message as spam (even though it's not).

Is anyone reading this besides you and me?  Some more comment would probably be
helpful here.

--
John J. Ladasky Jr., Ph.D.
Department of Structural Biology
Stanford University Medical Center
Stanford, CA 94305
Secretary, Californians for Renewable Energy <http://www.calfree.com>



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  Re: Can you say *** on Lugnet?
 
(...) Well, no, not if it's worded nicely. Now, if a 'repeated' offender would get the same message over and over again - now that would be spam. But a 'repeated offender' as such would be needed to be dealt with differently... Is there a way to (...) (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.admin.terms)
  Re: Can you say *** on Lugnet?
 
(...) be (...) Hrmmmm - some people (who say things they shouldn't be saying here, according to their agreement to the T&C) might think it is spam that they get an automated response reminded them that they shouldn't be saying things like that? My (...) (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.admin.terms)

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  Re: Can you say *** on Lugnet?
 
(...) It wasn't a call, it was a prediction -- a doubt. (...) It's seeming more and more like it would be a useful feature to be able to flag an article and have some sort of gentle automated note sent to the poster as a conern. (To avoid followups (...) (25 years ago, 14-Mar-00, to lugnet.admin.terms)

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