On 2/10/01 10:31 AM, "Cyndi Norman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Some lists are more volitile than others. The listowner has a lot to do
> with that, but not always. Sometimes it's just luck of the draw. Who's on
> there and how well they mesh with their fellow subscribers,
And sometimes, all it takes is one. I've got one list that has been pretty
much self-policing and trouble-free forever. An occasional troll, but for
the most part, it just -- worked.
Then Roger Maynard decided to join. The list still hasn't completely
recovered, and probably won't, because we more or less lost a couple of key
contributors before I really figured it out and got a handle on it. Roger's
come onto the list under fake names since then, just to stir it up again.
The first time I didn't catch it soon enough, now, frankly, I have the
system alarmed to warn me if he even sniffs my site.
So even if life is going fine -- you're just one troll away from chaos, and
it can break out before you even realize it's happening.
--
Chuq Von Rospach, Internet Gnome <http://www.chuqui.com>
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