On Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:40:26 +0000, Clive George wrote:

> I think all agree the task is to exclude the disruptive and
> confrontational posts, but there is a question as to what level of
> disruption requires blocking of the poster? I'm not actually sure we'll
> ever find that out, because without the feedback even the most dedicated
> troll will probably give up before manual moderation of their
> posts becomes onerous.

If a persistent troll were to be permitted to argue each moderation 
decision, they would get even more feedback, and hence even more reward 
for their abusive behaviour, than they do now. Which is precisely why no 
we should not discuss appeals.

-- 
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.