On 16/01/18 18:18, Keith Thompson wrote:
> David Brown <
david...@hesbynett.no> writes:
> [...]
>> I have no real hope of either of these posters changing their ways, and
>> there is no way for anyone to force them to stop. But turning a blind
>> eye is not the right solution.
>
> I believe that turning a blind eye is *exactly* the right solution.
>
> Trolls and spammers damage the group, but they're easy to deal with
> by using a killfile. People who insist on publicly replying to
> trolls and spammers also damage the group, but are more difficult
> to filter out.
For trolls and spammers - yes, that makes sense. When someone makes a
racist, sexist, homophobic or otherwise completely inappropriate post, I
want to see a reaction against it. It is not because I think Chad or
Jerry will realise these posts are not wanted and stop - nor is it for
the regular readers who killfile or ignore these people. It is for
people new to the group, or dropping in via Google Groups, who would not
want to join a community if they think it is frequented by people like
that. My posts against this sort of thread are to tell people that that
is /not/ who we are here in c.l.c.
I am sorry that explaining my single simple statement has resulted in
even more off-topic posts, and hope that there need be no more.