Taking the pledge

On Sun, 4 Mar 2007 01:00:39 -0500, "Morgans" wrote in :

http://home.att.net/~marjie1/Cancels.htm

Lordy, I didn't know such an animal existed!

... Marty, you know about this stuff, don't you?

Sort of.

I'm on the "Big-8 Management Board," which is
responsible for managing the canonical lists
of the eight hierarchies (see my signature).

"Cancel wars" have been going on ever since
cancels were invented--long before my time.

Tim Skirvin, chair of the b8mb, uses PGP Moose
to cancel phony posts to the group he moderates
and to recreate posts that have been cancelled
by others. So, in a sense, I can't say that
cancelling messages is intrinsically evil.

Cancelbots are running all the time to try to
limit spam. They aren't as effective as Clean
Feed, which is a set of anti-spam measures taken
at the server level (I think).

I am personally opposed to trying to cancel
posts on the basis of hating a troll. Whatever
tool you use to make the troll's life miserable
can be used against you.

I heartily endorse killfiles, pledges, positive
posting, and patience. Reward those whose posts
you enjoy by replying to them early and often.
Ignore those whose posts you don't enjoy.

I'm speaking just for myself in this post, not
for the board. I've been reading r.a.p since
the spring of 1996. I didn't join the board
until fall of 2005. I like this group a lot
and I hope people can learn to filter out
what they don't like and enjoy what they do
like.

Marty

Marty
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