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Apparently, though unproven, at 01:58 on Sunday 12 June 2011, Mark Knecht did |
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opine thusly: |
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> On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 4:19 PM, Matt Harrison |
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> <iwasinnamuknow@×××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> > Hi list, |
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> > An odd post here but I'm sitting up after midnight with a few beers and I |
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> > wanted to get an advanced word on this. |
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> > I don't know if anyone is subscribed to the ruby-talk mailing list at the |
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> > moment (or used to be on the comp.lang.lisp group a while ago). There is |
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> > an odd character there who is harming the community by either being |
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> > insane (not my words -- those of ruby guru Ryan Davis) or with extremely |
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> > well crafted trolling. |
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> > I see the trouble that ruby-talk is having with him and I wondered |
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> > firstly, if we would have similar trouble moderating his crap (he |
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> > alternates between email, usenet and forums. Apparently they can't |
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> > moderate him) and secondly, if/when he turns up here can we please shoot |
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> > him down the instant he arrives. |
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> > |
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> > Ok, as I'm writing this it does seem that I'm going a little crazy, but I |
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> > consider this list my home. I love this list and the people on it..I |
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> > don't post that much these days but I have learned a lot. When I do |
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> > post, I get very helpful replies and I know you're good people. I would |
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> > just hate for this guy to come on here and wreck the joint. |
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> > Take this as you will, drunken ramblings or well-meant concern :) |
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> > |
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> > Matt |
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> Matt, |
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> I'm sure your concerns are well intentioned so let's assume for the |
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> sake of conversation that there was going to be a problem. I've been a |
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> member of this list for (I think) 11 or 12 years now. I know of no |
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> case (made public anyway) where a specific individual has been banned. |
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> It's always been the receiver's requirements (you and me) to blacklist |
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> the individual if we don't like what they say. |
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> That's not to say that whoever moderates the server couldn't do |
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> something. I simply don't know that anyone ever has taken a step quite |
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> that drastic. |
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+1 |
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We've been lucky so far on gentoo-user. OTOH, luck extending for 12 years |
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years probably isn't luck anymore, and is more like skill. |
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Like Mark says, we've had our fair share of twits over the years. But there's |
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always been a chorus from the members about how the troller is being a twit, |
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and it doesn't take long before they give up and go away. |
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Part of the "fun" from a troller's POV is when folk bite, this list doesn't |
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let that happen much. |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |