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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 an |
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> odd character there who is harming the community by either being insane (not |
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> my words -- those of ruby guru Ryan Davis) or with extremely well crafted |
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> trolling. |
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> I see the trouble that ruby-talk is having with him and I wondered firstly, |
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> if we would have similar trouble moderating his crap (he alternates between |
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> email, usenet and forums. Apparently they can't moderate him) and secondly, |
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> if/when he turns up here can we please shoot him down the instant he |
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> arrives. |
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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 don't |
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> post that much these days but I have learned a lot. When I do post, I get |
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> very helpful replies and I know you're good people. I would just hate for |
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> 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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> 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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- Mark |