On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 03:11:55 -0400 Seemant Kulleen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've said for a while now (on this list, on my blogs) -- bad behaviour > happens on this list because we (as a community) allow it to happen. > If it's not encouraged and trolls are not fed, they die out. Part of > the thrill of someone raising a pointless argument and picking on > ridiculously petty details is the satisfaction gained from others > taking that stupidity seriously and wasting their (and everyone > else's) time with it.
I just read an article about this [1]. To summarize, in a volunteer community, there needs to be more people enforcing the rules than people breaking them. A small group of proctors doesn't work -- we need everyone to join in to enforce our standards when someone violates them. Thanks, Donnie 1. http://sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=788CF452-E7F2-99DF-3EBC599C3A9F1C6F&chanID=sa003
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