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	Subject:	Proving a point
	Date:	9/26/2007 12:10:39 PM

No more public challenges, reminding someone of past faults and trying to stir the pot... If I see posts for the purpose of agitating people it is gone.

This has to come to an end.

This is a tough job but someone has to do it...

Let by-gones be by-gones and go forward, not back.

Validating emails is only a start. I knew the major parties involved had valid emails, but this helps get rid of some minor crud that seeps in... We are looking at implementing the following forum features:

1) Ignore User - If you don't like reading posts by a particular member, you won't have to... Just add them to your ignore list. You would also not be able to see any replies to their posts (as you really would not care).

2) Popularity Score - Everyone has one, and everyone can give one (per member). You start out being neutral. If you really want to know how popular someone is (Positive or Negative) an accumulated score from other forum users will reveal this. If things really get out of hand, this would be a fair way to determine banishments and let democracy rule.

I've been asked many times to ban people, but I've done that in the past and I get retaliation too... It becomes a game of the instigator signing up with a new account from a different email address. Then it's just a new Alias with the same problem. It takes longer to figure out that the new Alias is the same person and you still have the same rubbish. IP and Cookie bans are not effective as they can be circumvented... This is a public forum, and it is not much different from us all being in the city park with a stage. Then some fight for use of the megaphone and people want some kicked off the stage. Then people start throwing rocks.

If you have suggestions beyond my proposals, I would be happy to hear them.