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On Mon, 10 Apr 2017 20:22:26 -0400 |
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"William L. Thomson Jr." <wlt-ml@××××××.com> wrote: |
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> It is sad when people cannot use means like Comrel or violations of |
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> CoC to control things as they see fit. Then they seek other means to |
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> limit, control, and filter people. That is hardly an open society, much |
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> less accepting or tolerant. |
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The best thing about a rate limit mechanism, is instead of having to single out and blacklist |
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various egregious users who are an evident problem, and having to defend accusations of bias .... |
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You get to target the behaviour in a way that applies to everyone equally. |
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You can't claim somebody is getting special treatment that way. |
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Or do you *want* special treatment? |
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