Abd ulRahman Lomax <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Having been the moderator of a highly contentious newsgroup, where > arguments were rooted in differences which have stood for centuries and > where, offline, they can and do lead to serious and major violence, I have > a suggestion. ...
Larry Lessig's book "Code" has a nice discussion of how online communities can self-destruct with the addition of only one or two participants who refuse to follow communities norms. It seems that there is another such case underway here. I have another suggestion: ostracism. This being an election methods mailing list, I'm sure that someone can design an appropriate mechanism for the community to decide whether and to whom ostracism should be applied. Cheers, -- Andrew ---- Election-methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
