On Tue, Jun 6, 2023 at 11:38 AM David Brown via Gcc <gcc@gcc.gnu.org> wrote:
> On 06/06/2023 14:53, Paul Smith wrote: > > On Tue, 2023-06-06 at 16:36 +0800, Julian Waters via Gcc wrote: > >> Sorry for my outburst, to the rest of this list. I can no longer stay > >> silent and watch these little shits bully people who are too kind to > >> fire back with the same kind of venom in their words. > > > > Many of us have had Dave in our killfiles for a long time already. I > > recommend you (and everyone else) do the same. You won't miss out on > > any information of any use to anyone: he apparently just enjoys making > > other people angry. > > > > I'm quite serious: it's so not worth the mental energy to even read his > > messages, much less to reply to him. Arguing with "people who are > > wrong on the internet" can be cathartic but this is not arguing, it's > > just stabbing yourself in the eye with a pencil. Don't play. > > > > If a poster is causing enough aggravation that a large number of people > have killfiled him, is there a process for banning him from the list? > That is surely a better solution than having many people individually > killfiling him? I would assume those with the power to blacklist > addresses from the mailing list do not do so lightly, and that there is > a procedure for it. > The GNU Toolchain leadership has blacklisted people in the past, but we have used the power sparingly. The behavior of the individual attracts attention, albeit negative, while not effectively accomplishing what he purports to desire. The recommended solution is to ignore the poster instead of trying to encourage him to communicate more effectively. Thanks, David
