Posted by Cindy W on April 13, 2000, at 8:42:36
In reply to Re: disruptions - Don't Respond to offensive posts, posted by forthfore on April 13, 2000, at 1:13:21
> There's little anyone can do to silence certain people. It's the nature of the Internet. Dr. Bob could probably block someone's IP address, but they could always switch to a new ISP.
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> He could make the board moderated - but that's a lot of work for someone. And delays posting, makes everyone feel a bit censored.
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> The only thing to do is NOT respond to offensive posts - in ANY way. I wouldn't even bother to read them.
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> But whatever you do DON'T write back - NOT ONE WORD - not patient, not mean, not flaming, not arguing, not condescending - NOTHING.
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> Some people get off on ANY kind of attention - good or bad.
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> > Hi, everyone,
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> > Sorry about the recent disruptions. I'm trying to do what I can about it. Let's just try to put that behind us and not get side-tracked.
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> > How does it go, the price of liberty is eternal vigilance? Something like that.
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> > BobDr. Bob, keep up the great work! I agree with Forthfore...let's all just ignore inflammatory posts (then they'll go play somewhere else where people pay attention to them, which we don't need to, here!).
poster:Cindy W
thread:29795
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