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From: alex@ucla-cs.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.news,net.news.group
Subject: Re: Removing net.flame
Message-ID: <6183@ucla-cs.ARPA>
Date: Fri, 28-Jun-85 17:52:08 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jun 28 17:52:08 1985
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Reply-To: alex@ucla-cs.UUCP (Alex Quilici)
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In article <1913@ut-ngp.UTEXAS> sunil@ut-ngp.UTEXAS (Sunil Trivedi) writes:
>   How about a system where people could 'squeel' to the
>   system administrator of the offender and then have the Sys.Adm. take
>   care of it?  And if nothing comes of it (the offender continues to of-
>   fend), then maybe trying upstream (the feed for the offender's site).
>   How about that as a try?

If you are upset about a posting, complain to the offender first, before
"squealing" to their system administrator, or complaining to every
newsgroup on the net.  Give the offender a chance to correct the mistake.
Logging in to find a mailbox full of hate mail will make most offenders
aware of the problem, and motivate them to do something to correct it.
"Oinking" to the system administrator should be reserved for those cases
where the person clearly doesn't care and many net readers are bothered,
not just you and your best buddy.

Maybe there should be "net.news.squeal" where all those who are offended
can post the persons name, the complaint, and a pointer to the offensive
posting.  If there are many complaints about the same posting, then
the system administrator could be notified.

Alex

Never try to teach a pig to sing.
It wastes your time and annoys the pig.