On 3/26/2021 6:35 AM, Pamela wrote:
> 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?
>

sounds like a great sales pitch directed at those who want a useful, on
topic group.