A very simple solution is for everyone to be aware that the list is moderated, and throw in a public warning to whoever is continuously abusing others verbally, not necessarily ban the person. The point is to make the offensive person reflect on themselves. Banning them would result in upsets and possible worse attitudes in other lists.
> On 26/08/2015, at 10:39 PM, Scott Granados <scott.grana...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Yes until you’ve eventually removed everyone from deviating from your > acceptable use over time. > > Banning someone from any mailing list is just weak sauce. The only exception > to that at least for me is spammers. There have been serious lack of > moderation and spam problems on other lists like the eyesore list from > Google. Automated programs dumping recruiting adds and so forth is just > disruptive. Pending that though I couldn’t see banning someone. > >> On Aug 25, 2015, at 3:06 PM, E.T. <ancient.ali...@icloud.com> wrote: >> >> It only takes one person to throw a list like this into utter chaos. >> Removing that person permanently would return the list to a relatively >> peaceful and more focused environment. >> >> From E.T.'s Keyboard... >> ancient.ali...@icloud.com >> Many believe that we have been visited >> in the past. What if it were true? >> >> On 8/25/2015 11:49 AM, Sabahattin Gucukoglu wrote: >>> Yes indeed, this list has gone from, at various stages of its life, totally >>> noisy and idiotic, to totally over-regulated, veering back toward the noisy >>> end. I too am a great fan of the love-it-or-leave-it style of discussion, >>> but there’s something to be said for having a person—possibly just one >>> person—with a hand near to the levers that restore calm and order in times >>> of imminent crisis. This goes as well for practically any networked >>> service, not just email lists. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
