There are other things you can do, too, like putting folks on probation to start with, etc. that will reduce the noise level.
On Sat, Jul 6, 2013 at 3:55 PM, Richard Gaskin <ambassa...@fourthworld.com>wrote: > Mike Kerner wrote: > >> Also, when I was hosting forums for another development tool on Google >> Groups, things worked well, and we were able to have multiple levels of >> moderators, managers, etc. >> >> Maybe RR will consider letting the community run the groups. >> > > I've been lobbying for that, and would welcome it. Being able to ban IPs > is effective, but easily misused, intentionally or not. But there are > enough conscientious people in the community that grant such privileges to > a handful who can use them well would help keep the noise down. > > Another thing I'd like to see is the ability to delete accounts. Right > now all the banned spambots still have their accounts in the system, > filling the list of users with noise and in some cases links to nefarious > sites in their profiles. > > I'd be willing to donate the time to delete all banned accounts, if > I only could. > > > -- > Richard Gaskin > Fourth World > LiveCode training and consulting: http://www.fourthworld.com > Webzine for LiveCode developers: http://www.LiveCodeJournal.com > Follow me on Twitter: > http://twitter.com/**FourthWorldSys<http://twitter.com/FourthWorldSys> > > ______________________________**_________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/**mailman/listinfo/use-livecode<http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode> > -- On the first day, God created the heavens and the Earth On the second day, God created the oceans. On the third day, God put the animals on hold for a few hours, and did a little diving. And God said, "This is good." _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
