Need for moderator

This newsgroup needs a moderator so we don't have to put up with the
morons who post pornography.
Jack

 

I'm leaving this NG - I don't need the language.
Steve

 

Don't fret, the problem is being worked on. While anonymous
remailers make tracing a bit more difficult, there is no such thing
as an anonymous post on Usenet. Fortunately this current idiot
doesn't know when to stop.

 

Those of you who use newsservers that don't honor cancel messages
are seeing a lot of crap that other people aren't.

Andrew

 

Right Jack, and I assume you're volunteering?

Yeah... didn't think so. But thanks for your contribution... not.

 

One word: hipcrime

I'd much rather put up with the occasional whacko than deal
with cancel/supersede attacks. The former is simply a nuisance,
the latter destroys newsgroups.

 

There's little doubt that it's only a disturbed 13 year old that's
doing the posting. They will catch up with him and cancel his
father's ISP account, all in good time...

 

....more likely a grownup or even an old fart with the brain of a
5 year old.

 

It is not a 13 year old, but one of those sad sad a forty somethings who
live with their mother, never married, never dated, too "delicate" to keep a
job.

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Originally yes, but now there is more than one troll.
All the idiots who want to insult me have discovered
a way to do it anonymously and they're emulating the
original imbecile. Too bad they're too stupid to know
that it's not REALLY anonymous posting and they are
being tracked.

 

} This newsgroup needs a moderator so we don't have to put up with the
} morons who post pornography.

It is not possible to retroactively moderate an existing newsgroup
(well, it can be done in theory, but it is almost never done in
practice).

A new moderated group could be started. But it is a LOT of work to set
up and run.

peace,

-*-
charles

 

The forums at www.dpreview.com are much, much better.

 

It took me one minute to block those senders and those dumb enough to reply.

 

Yep, you don't see the people who don't really care
about photography and only contribute ad hominem
attacks.

 

A moderator is unnecessary. Moderated groups invariably suck.

Simply set up some message rules that delete messages with specific words in
the subject. It's very simple. I see none of what you are referring to
unless I look at Usenet via Google Groups (Dejanews). I have my newsreader
set up to automatically delete messages with the obscenities in the subject,
including all the mis-spellings that these bozos can think up. Note that
simply kill-filing by poster e-mail address is relatively ineffective,
you've got to filter by subject words.

There are always going to be people like "anonymous" in the world, and until
they are imprisoned, they will have internet access, and will delight in any
attention that they get. After they are taken out of circulation, someone
else will take their place; it's not illegal what they're doing, though it
violates the terms of most ISPs. That's why they use the remailers.

 

Frankly, I doubt that. If they're using anonymous remailers, it's pretty
much impossible to track them without several search warrants. I very much
doubt cops in several countries could care less if someone is flaming you.
Besides, many remailers don't keep stats for the very purpose of not being
traceable. Yes, it's possible to track them, but the probability it is
being done is very low. And what would be the punishment if they were
caught... they'd lose their account and get another one at a different
ISP... big deal.

 

It is not possible to retroactively moderate an existing newsgroup

Retroactive moderation .... Can it be done? Has it been done? Is it being
done?

If it's do-able it seems like the obvious solution to me.

 

Being exposed to public shame.

I have already demostrated how the language of the
troll is extraordinary similar to that of George Kerby
(which, BTW, is the only "regular" never attacked
by the troll) but if I could prove with 100% certainty
it's him, I'm sure he would disappear. Yeah, he could
pick up another alias, but we'd still know it's him...
(Actually I have very few doubts, too many coincidences,
including the time of the postings.)

 

Too bad Tevion's "style" is absolutely nothing like mine, so
if your second assumption is correct, it's proof that I'm not
Tevion. Got it?

Seen any black helicopters lately Kerby? ;-)

BTW, don't assume anyone likes to hide behind aliases and
anonymous servers like you do. You're only making a bigger
fool of yourself.