Re: news.gnome.org again

[Alan Cox <alan redhat com>]

> We should not remove comments completely, but instate some kind of
> membership scheme that requires a news.gnome.org account to post
> anything in the comments system. This would:
> - raise the threshold for participating
> - only let people post who are willing to give a valid e-mail address
>   and a real name
> - make moderation by user and not just by posting possible

Having run other BBS like systems before

-	Require an email address and validate it by sending passwords there
-	Delete users who send obscene/unpleasant material arbitarily

> the GNOME developers, i.e. everyone listed in the voters' list for the
> GNOME foundation; those could then kill postings at will. Of course a
> switch to show moderated postings would be provided, just like on
> Slashdot. Replies to moderated postings would be hidden by default,
> too, so flamewars wouldn't display.

Delete them for good. Junk is junk. Do however log who deleted what.

> My rationale for proposing to let the comments live is the probable
> reaction to removing them completely. We would have loony KDE users
> screaming all over the net that GNOME is afraid of user reactions,
> forbidding free speech, locking the community out of news.gnome.org
> etc.

In certain cases you have a legal duty to remove them when you become
aware of them (hate speech for one)

Alan