I was going to respond to xevious comment on jnjgrhm, but I think I can tie that in to an answer to Clarity's question.
The little I have seen of jnjgrhm he reminds me a bit of Computerbuck. People could trash him all day long and he just didn't get it. At a pre-cyber-era gathering folks would turn their backs on people like that and walk away. Or they could try other means to get the message across - even fisticuffs on occassion. We simply don't have those same tools on Message boards.
That said, I think 'talking it out' is working pretty well. So long as folks are getting emotional about the topic and not attacking one another personally I say let it go. There will be some nasty exchanges - but we are all big boys. What normally happens if someone does cross the line is that other posters chime in and start critiquing the out of bounds behavior. That almost always works. (It worked on Bucknuts except when the growth was too fast or after they started censuring the very folks who kept their board in check.)
Which brings me back to Computerbuck. He was one category of poster where peer pressure just didn't get it done. Another category is flamers who are here for that purpose alone. Those guys you ban.
Of course, there is also the occassional poster who gets drunk or goes off his medication and comes back the next day deleting and apologizing. But most of us fit in that category.
The little I have seen of jnjgrhm he reminds me a bit of Computerbuck. People could trash him all day long and he just didn't get it. At a pre-cyber-era gathering folks would turn their backs on people like that and walk away. Or they could try other means to get the message across - even fisticuffs on occassion. We simply don't have those same tools on Message boards.
That said, I think 'talking it out' is working pretty well. So long as folks are getting emotional about the topic and not attacking one another personally I say let it go. There will be some nasty exchanges - but we are all big boys. What normally happens if someone does cross the line is that other posters chime in and start critiquing the out of bounds behavior. That almost always works. (It worked on Bucknuts except when the growth was too fast or after they started censuring the very folks who kept their board in check.)
Which brings me back to Computerbuck. He was one category of poster where peer pressure just didn't get it done. Another category is flamers who are here for that purpose alone. Those guys you ban.
Of course, there is also the occassional poster who gets drunk or goes off his medication and comes back the next day deleting and apologizing. But most of us fit in that category.
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