Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2014 17:03:30 -0400 From: Antoine Kallab <antoine@kallab.com> To: Matthew Pherigo <hybrid120@gmail.com> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, Erich Dollansky <erich@alogt.com> Subject: Re: Can people get banned from this mailing list? Message-ID: <CAL2OafzCiscoqu5aQx5OGOBM2%2BZt=tBW078v-R89g1HgK7q%2BSw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <724F48B2-8E0D-43FF-9143-57899C086A67@gmail.com> References: <CDCA51EB-13B2-40F8-8BFB-78CF3FAEBE8F@gmail.com> <20140416120448.271fb7aa@X220.alogt.com> <724F48B2-8E0D-43FF-9143-57899C086A67@gmail.com>
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Or the Pizza Hut advertisements. On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 11:40 AM, Matthew Pherigo <hybrid120@gmail.com>wrote: > >> On Apr 15, 2014, at 11:04 PM, Erich Dollansky <erich@alogt.com> wrote: > > > > > > Hi, > > > > On Tue, 15 Apr 2014 22:50:17 -0500 > > Matthew Pherigo <hybrid120@gmail.com> 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" >
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