Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!seismo!sundc!hadron!inco!mack From: mack@inco.UUCP (Dave Mack) Newsgroups: news.admin Subject: Dealing with Net.Nuisances Message-ID: <2746@inco.UUCP> Date: 22 Sep 88 14:32:31 GMT Reply-To: mack@inco.UUCP (Dave Mack) Organization: McDonnell Douglas-INCO, McLean, VA Lines: 23 Lately, there has been rather a lot of complaining about the behavior of people (particularly Portal subscribers) on the net. Suggestions for dealing with these people have ranged from simply ignoring them to nuking Portal. The general consensus seems to be that the problem is that they have not been educated in proper netiquette, and that it is the responsibility of their site administrators to provide this education. Unfortunately, many site admins don't seem to give a damn. I suggest that, instead of flaming them or posting complaints to the net, we simply email these people a copy of the appropriate newuser posting when they do something aggravating. Eventually, they may get the idea. Even the most immature dweeb on the net may eventually turn into a valuable member of the net.community. Let's try educating them. If it doesn't work, we can always get out the chainsaws later. Dave Friday the 13th Part MDCLXVII