On 08:22 26 Mar 2021, Sqwertz said:

> On Wed, 24 Mar 2021 19:15:08 -0400, Boron Elgar wrote:
>
>> RFC has a not atypical contingent of truly crazy posters, but
>> those are not the problem. I don't mind the lunatic fringe or the
>> whacko political agenda types, but some folks go to a LOT of
>> trouble to drop all these extraneous bullshit "guess who I am
>> imitating today?" posts. That is its own branch of WTF loon.
>
> Reddit. The most trafficked forums on the Internet these days.
>
> I manage a reddit (group/forum) of 60,000+ carnivorous members and
> we often get "brigaded" by the omniscient vegans and religious
> freaks. And while creating multiple accounts and nyms is much
> harder than on Usenet, you still can't ban those ****tards quick
> enough.
>
> While there's not many tools left on Usenet to identify bad
> conduits, it's even more frustrating on reddit. There's are
> plenty of admins aware of the problems, but they are enigmas and
> don't use their tools properly.
>
> So I've devised a way to ban anybody in our reddit (group) who's
> ever posted to a vegan/vegetarian/vegan-religious reddit (there's
> 24 forums you can post to that will ban you from our reddit).
> It's merciless, uncaring, and unforgiving. You can appeal your
> ban, but they go into /dev/null and nobody sees uour outcry. And
> if you create a (few) separate account(s) just to post your vegan
> agenda to this reddit, it will quickly be banned.
>
> It's not perfect and there always be new people trying to be that
> snarky gopher in the whack-a-mole game, but most seasoned
> redxditors know better.
>
> It would be trivial for RFC on Usenet to transform to that
> platform. Our trolls and nymshifters would disappear. And we
> could ban John every weekday between 6:AM and 4:PM while he's
> working and collecting paychecks (heh!)
>
> -sw


"It's merciless, uncaring, and unforgiving. You can appeal
your ban, but they go into /dev/null and nobody sees your
outcry".

You're not much of a salesman for a new group, are you?