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Re: Can you say *** on Lugnet?
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lugnet.admin.terms
Date: 
Fri, 17 Mar 2000 20:49:17 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.terms, John J. Ladasky, Jr. 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.

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 gut response is "so what?"

After thinking about it for a few minutes I'm going with my gut response.



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(...) If it isn't anonymous (ie - LUGNET reads the posting cookie, or the person submitting the problem post has some other form of identification), and only one mail is sent per problem post.. then I agree. Or rather, just something to stop someone (...) (25 years ago, 19-Mar-00, to lugnet.admin.terms)

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(...) 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. -- (...) (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.admin.terms)

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