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Re: Defining some written consequences for transgressions of T&C
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lugnet.admin.terms
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Tue, 6 Mar 2001 00:55:21 GMT
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Todd Lehman wrote:
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> One thing that the Discussion Group Terms & Conditions here lacks is any
> predefined list of actions to be taken if someone commits a transgression of
> the T&C. Here is a proposal...
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> This is not active site policy but instead a proposal for a future update
> to the T&C... Please comment:
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> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
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> First offense: Warning by private email, requiring a response of
> acknowlegment of receipt. Possibly also a warning publicly if the
> transgression is particularly flagrant and has upset others.
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> Second offense: Suspension of news-posting privileges to the group or
> groups in question for not less than one (1) day.
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> Third offense: Suspension of news-posting privileges to the group or groups
> in question for not less ten (10) days.
>
> Fourth offense: Suspension of news-posting privileges to the group or
> groups in question for not less than one hundred (100) days.
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> Fifth offense: Suspension of news-posting privileges to the group or groups
> in question for not less than one thousand (1000) days.
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> and so forth. (And I doubt there would really be any fourth, much less
> fifth or sixth, offenses. :-)
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> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
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> The fuzzy parts are of course what is and what is not a transgression, and
> what group or groups to bar from if a transgression occurs -- but those are
> perennial issues we already face. This just addresses what to do.
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> Naturally, there would be separate counters for separate general categories
> of transgressions (maybe these would be the numbered points in the T&C?).
> For example, if someone posted a flagrant auction flog in the .aquazone
> group for the third time, they wouldn't get banned from that group for 100
> days if they were breaking some other rule for the first time.
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> It's so simple. I like it. Do you like it?
As an evolution of the idea, how about something like an "insurance
points" system where transgressions earn you points, and time takes them
away. I would hate to see someone who was a real jerk as a kid make it
to 4th offense, and then come back a couple years later and be cruising
along as a fine upstanding contributor, then whoops, they forgot a rule,
and wham, bye bye their gone (suspending for 1000 days will almost
certainly mean that person is GONE from the community).
--
Frank Filz
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