Getting Rid Of Annoying 'Trolls'. -- http://nyti.ms/gbk42S

This newspaper article may be of interest to you.

Gary Hayman

On Tue, 30 Nov 2010 02:09:59 -0800 (PST), zydecogary
> wrote:

> Getting Rid Of Annoying 'Trolls'. -- http://nyti.ms/gbk42S

"rein bad behavior by promoting accountability"

Power without accountability is always bad. Something that the
operators of Google Groups refuse to understand.

--
Bob
http://www.kanyak.com

On Tue, 30 Nov 2010 07:44:15 -0600, Stu wrote:

> On Tue, 30 Nov 2010 02:09:59 -0800 (PST), zydecogary
> > wrote:
>
>>Getting Rid Of Annoying 'Trolls'. -- http://nyti.ms/gbk42S
>>
>>This newspaper article may be of interest to you.
>>
>>Gary Hayman
>
> This quote is quite telling. Good article.
>
> All 50 states now have stalking, bullying or harassment laws that
> explicitly include electronic forms of communication.

you still gotta prove some kind of tort. your 'lawsuit,' if it exists, is
going nowhere.

blake

Stu wrote:
>
> All 50 states now have stalking, bullying or harassment laws that
> explicitly include electronic forms of communication.

There are federal laws against using common carriers for stalking.
Phone lines and email are common carriers. UseNet is not a common
carrier. It could limit stalkers to get UseNet declared a common
carrier but likely it would cause a lot of servers to drop NNTP service.

J Burns wrote:

> And now Facebook manager Julie Zhuo wants to protect the world from the
> likes of Satchmo. Only acceptable opinions are to be allowed.

Not such a "Wonderful World" ?

On Tue, 30 Nov 2010 02:09:59 -0800 (PST), zydecogary
> wrote:

>Getting Rid Of Annoying 'Trolls'. -- http://nyti.ms/gbk42S
>
>This newspaper article may be of interest to you.
>
>Gary Hayman

If before baking, you sift your flour, that will get rid of the
trolls.