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@delroth @LWN We've had people like that all along, alas.
Moderating comments is, by far, the worst part of running a site like LWN. Appeasing the Texas Tax Commission was a joy in comparison. We lean toward only shutting down people when we really have to. It can be argued (and often is) that we let too much through, but others complain of censorship; you can't keep everybody happy.
The account in question has been warned before and is definitely on our watchlist.
Moderating comments is, by far, the worst part of running a site like LWN. Appeasing the Texas Tax Commission was a joy in comparison. We lean toward only shutting down people when we really have to. It can be argued (and often is) that we let too much through, but others complain of censorship; you can't keep everybody happy.
The account in question has been warned before and is definitely on our watchlist.
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@delroth @LWN Yes, I read the comment the same way.
The thing is, if you suppress comments like that, then you may think that people like that aren't out there, and that they won't use these systems in that way. That, IMO, is a dangerous sort of ignorance. OTOH, I certainly don't want to get to the point where LWN is being used to *promote* that kind of use.
Sometimes I feel like I could step away from all of this and go raise goats in the mountains somewhere.
The thing is, if you suppress comments like that, then you may think that people like that aren't out there, and that they won't use these systems in that way. That, IMO, is a dangerous sort of ignorance. OTOH, I certainly don't want to get to the point where LWN is being used to *promote* that kind of use.
Sometimes I feel like I could step away from all of this and go raise goats in the mountains somewhere.
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