From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 16 21:11:05 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6AE2ABF for ; Wed, 16 Apr 2014 21:11:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-lb0-f172.google.com (mail-lb0-f172.google.com [209.85.217.172]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6100D11E2 for ; Wed, 16 Apr 2014 21:11:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-lb0-f172.google.com with SMTP id c11so8639545lbj.31 for ; Wed, 16 Apr 2014 14:11:00 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=6uC9wq05IW3WOmnLK6Eit0oy80VhLe+3PiUw1WfRADU=; b=Gj2y5D1KFh+oz65mGaRn1uw4uBLNfGM6Mun3043zz16rN4TEQ99Xmr+k7J7sy0KWHt /Hv7n++YQG6lqd3Yn5KXM+jtt4UPmHWaA9ZrP2oaNRsC24pP/ikWV8Al1z8/w40tT4n+ gSjqZ+x+Uthd24h7ghtJbuiy98tdTyqQRqdOugv2a7zw148qckigNmlJfo5gup+LBSyy r1fBe85pnWTD/sN5jX1aYcSjANUinFpXn6+78gJ1Q0gUQPOq4anR7r/j6hQOsI2m7sba Wz8KV4kKk/DQRZEwqiuQhBAXD5NBiBEz3C3l6ywmCaZMkPbk3ZqUALL6DMjoMwu3QEtx lHIg== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQnFx2Fk3SEYZEvgqthcVz3X6oM4HKy3w3E8+CC3hSirFMqgczEESx4su5bTk21naSI1r8xu MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.152.42.196 with SMTP id q4mr6887136lal.14.1397682210839; Wed, 16 Apr 2014 14:03:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.114.29.5 with HTTP; Wed, 16 Apr 2014 14:03:30 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <724F48B2-8E0D-43FF-9143-57899C086A67@gmail.com> References: <20140416120448.271fb7aa@X220.alogt.com> <724F48B2-8E0D-43FF-9143-57899C086A67@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2014 17:03:30 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Can people get banned from this mailing list? From: Antoine Kallab To: Matthew Pherigo Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.17 Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" , Erich Dollansky X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2014 21:11:05 -0000 Or the Pizza Hut advertisements. On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 11:40 AM, Matthew Pherigo wrote: > >> On Apr 15, 2014, at 11:04 PM, Erich Dollansky wrote: > > > > > > Hi, > > > > On Tue, 15 Apr 2014 22:50:17 -0500 > > Matthew Pherigo wrote: > > > >> I was wondering if people can get banned from this mailing list. Not > >> necessarily for swearing or hate speech, but for constantly sending > >> crappy, potentially troll bait content to the mailing list without > >> contributing in any way. Sorry for asking, but I couldn't find a list > >> of the rules anywhere. Of course I have a name in mind, but I'd > >> prefer to tell it to a mod rather than in public. But, I couldn't > >> find out who the mods are, either. > > there is currently more spam than trolling on this list. There would be > > a way to stop spam, but trolling? The troll will get a new e-mail > > address and off he goes again. > > > > Erich > > Hi Erich, > > Firstly, I have to disagree with you; I'd say that spam is MUCH harder to > block than trolling. Spam are usually going to come from a different email > address every time, and a lot of the time they'll be from legitimate email > addresses that have been hacked. A good troll generally has to build up > people's anger gradually, by building up a reputation with a persona. > > As to the trolls ability to change email addresses, that's why you use > shadowbanning. But, to be honest, I'm not even sure that this person is > actually a troll; if they are a troll, they are much more subtle than 90% > of trolls ever are. As this is a BSD mailing list, you would think the most > effective way to get a flamewar going would be with anti-BSD content, > rather then extremely stupid pro-BSD content. > > Maybe it doesn't even matter, but it's just weird having this high > quality, intelligent mailing list, and then out of all that, having this > one guy who uses the mailing list like the way that my grandma uses her > email contacts. > > [FWD: FWD: RE: FWD: hillarious!! IF DR SEUSS WAS A BSD FAN......] > > --Matt > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >