Posted by Larry Hoover on October 16, 2004, at 14:19:20
In reply to Re: Missing posts » Larry Hoover, posted by All Done on October 16, 2004, at 13:59:43
> > I can answer that one. Many of the posts were by a blocked poster who circumnavigated the blocking rules by registering under a new name. It is always Bob's practise to delete all such material, and to automatically double the block period.
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> > There is no way to absolutely prevent a determined person from posting, but I do wish that the rules were better respected in the first place.
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> Thanks, Lar. I appreciate your response. I guess I just wonder about the "secondary" conversing in the deleted threads that didn't even seem to pertain to the blocked poster.That is a technical issue. Deleting single posts is very difficult (at least, that's what Bob has said in the past), particularly if they appear in the middle of a thread (it has to do with what are called pointers, in geek speak (at least, I think so)). The only practical thing to do is to take out the thread from the point where the block-violator first posted. That's my understanding, anyway.
> Do those posts go unnoticed and unreviewed for civility?
If they're gone, that becomes moot, doesn't it? I think I might have gotten a free pass, on one occasion, because of that, so I may be a biased commentator.
> If that's the case, can anyone say anything they want no matter how uncivil as long as it's in a thread where a blocked poster is posting?
I wouldn't push it, intentionally. But you might be right.
> Sorry - don't expect you to answer. Just thinking out loud and hoping someone or maybe Dr. Bob can answer.
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> Thanks again for the information.
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> LaurieYou're welcome. I know Bob will comment on this all, because I'm sure I've got this or that detail a little distorted.
Lar
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