On Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:38:15 +0000, Jim A wrote:

> jms wrote:
> 
>> On Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:03:49 +0000, Jim A
> 
>> wrote:
>> 
>>>jms wrote:
>>>> It is appalling that a person can be black-listed and they
> are
>>>not
>>>> told why.
>>>
>>>If done properly, anyone finding themselves on a blacklist
> will
>>>already have ignored all previous explanations as to why
> their
>>>posts are frequently rejected.  Giving such people yet
> another
>>>explanation would be a complete waste of time and effort.
>> 
>> 
>> Indeed - "if done properly"
>> 
>> You probably have more confidence of that than some would.
> 
> And some are given to jumping to conclusions.  ISTM the knives were out
> even before the ink was dry on the cfv result.

Well, that was to be expected and I see no reason to get upset about it. 
We would not have needed a moderated group if there was not a problem 
with trolling. Obviously, the establishment of the moderated group has to 
some extent disrupted the trolls playground, so they resent it; and to 
some extent given them a new challenge to try to disrupt, so they're 
probing it. Both behaviours were to be expected, and we'll cope with them.

-- 
stillyet@googlemail.com (Simon Brooke) http://www.journeyman.cc/~simon/
It's much better if the moderators are mysterious and arbitrary, and 
every moderation decision is unexplained and final.