Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!purdue!ames!oliveb!pyramid!prls!philabs!ttidca!quad1!srhqla!csun!fedeva!dynasys!jessea From: jessea@dynasys.UUCP ( Sysadmin.) Newsgroups: news.admin Subject: Too many flames - cut it down?!? Message-ID: <10@dynasys.UUCP> Date: 30 Sep 89 15:05:15 GMT Reply-To: jessea@dynasys.UUCP (Jesse W. Asher - Sysadmin.) Organization: Dynasys: Consulting for the Future. Lines: 18 I too have noticed an increase in flaming in a lot of different newsgroups. A fews people are making life miserable for the others and, I for one don't want to put up with it. Is there anything we can (should) do? The first question is whether we should attempt to do something. I believe so. Unfortunately, when something like USENET gets as big as its getting, you are going to have these type of problems. It's not fair for a very, very small minority to ruin it for the rest of us. Second question: How do we go about it? Create a blackball list and let each system determine whether they want to use it or not? How would the list be created? I don't want a "Flame Patrol" or anything that idiot, so how would this be done? Have the net nominate people for the various categories, i.e. "Most obnoxious", etc? Any ideas/comments? -- Jesse W. Asher Dynasys (901) 382-1705 6196-1 Macon Rd., Suite 200, Memphis, TN 38134 uunet!dynasys!jessea