[CentOS] Dogs, trolls, and neighborly free/open source

m.roth at 5-cent.us m.roth at 5-cent.us
Thu Aug 5 17:22:39 UTC 2010


R-Elists wrote:
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> the point is enforcement somehow...
>
> why not require a small yearly donation for access to the list ???
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> 12 bucks a year? or more ?
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> donations cannot be taken back yet lusers can be moderated or terminated
> and to come back, they donate again

The simple answer is moderation. If, say, 3, or 5 regular posters complain
about someone, they get a canned warning message; the luser does it a
second time, they get dropped from the list. They rejoin, and do it again,
they get dropped and banned for at least six months.

      mark




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