On Wed, 07 Nov 2012 14:26:15 +0100, <lukasz@langa.pl> wrote:As Brett pointed out, calling him on his behavior seems to meet with
> What can we do? Apart from the obligatory joke of nudging him gently
> towards Ruby, I think calling his behavior out is a good idea. Cory
> Doctorow also thinks that "many trolls are perfectly nice in real life
> -- sometimes, just calling them on the phone and confronting them with
> the human being at the other end of their attacks is enough to sober
> them up" [3]. If that fails, banning him would show that we care about
> the quality of communication and technical prowess is no excuse for
> abusive behavior.
pretty much zero success as far as modifying his future behavior goes.
The problem with banning him in general is that that has its own
consequences (and as Brett pointed out, how exactly do we do that?).
Banning him for specific actions (such as editing the Guidelines)
seems sensible. We basically booted him off the infrastructure mailing
list (I don't remember if it was a formal ban or not) when he was being
off-topic and annoying there.
If losing him was the only consequence this would be pretty much a
> All in all, is anyone of the opinion that losing him as a community
> member is worse than keeping him around?
no-brainer. However, it is likely the consequences of a general ban
would be more widespread than that (negative publicity, etc).
--David
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