On Wednesday 09 August 2006 10:03 am, Siddhesh Poyarekar wrote:
We can't simply assume that all members are old enough. Also, kicking people out of silly things causes alienation, and we're here to try and attract a user base. I know many will jump forward and say "we don't want such people, good riddance" but that's hardly the way to go about increasing the popularity of Free Software.
A warning and moderation is good enough. If moderators are overworked then the veterans of the group can take turns every week or fortnight to moderate.
High hopes. The veterans are totally overworked and tired of telling people of nettiquette and it's cost. And this one is just plain crookedness. But i (sullenly) agree to your 1st para. We must hope that sense will be knocked into the newcomers. Besides if he is a spammer he'll register in a new name and continue.