Have you considered automatically limiting the number of messages a member can post daily? Even a voluntary limit would help, but this would have to be stated *explicitly* in the rules. Four or five seems like a reasonable number. Harry
On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 4:48 AM, William Beaty <bi...@eskimo.com> wrote: > > Below are two long-standing but unwritten rules of vortex-L: > > 1. DO NOT FEED A TROLL. If someone is insulting, then you are required > to put their address in local killfile. If you don't know what trolls > are, and aren't familiar with this issue, do not subscribe to vortex-L > > 2. REAL IDENTITIES ONLY. This is a semi-pro forum, and we all use > our real names here. Users will provide linking info in their posted > messages, such as a "sig" with personal website, Facebook page, > mailing addr, etc. Just make sure anyone can verify your real-world > identity. > > I won't be enforcing the second one until I set up an archive system which > is private, members-only. I'm looking at groupware services which duplicate > the "groups" function at yahoo and google (both of which have major issues > which we've discussed, and I've very intentionally avoided migrating to > either one.) But today there are at least three other options. > > > > > (((((((((((((((((( ( ( ( ( (O) ) ) ) ) ))))))))))))))))))) > William J. Beaty SCIENCE HOBBYIST website > billb at amasci com http://amasci.com > EE/programmer/sci-exhibits amateur science, hobby projects, sci fair > Seattle, WA 206-762-3818 unusual phenomena, tesla coils, weird sci >
