[governance] Unsubscribing and controlling the trolls

[Milton L Mueller]

Ginger is being very polite and procedural, which is appropriate because she is a co-coordinator of the list.

I do not have to be either polite or procedural. I have just configured my email client to block Erik Dierker. Jeff Williams has been on my block list for years. Joe Baptista and Karl Peters are just one more childish or irrelevant comment away from making my list. I encourage others who are fed up with their posts to do the same. It really works, and it is easy to do.

--MM

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On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 10:08 PM, Ginger Paque <gpaque at gmail.com<mailto:gpaque at gmail.com>> wrote:

Dear IGC members:

We are having numerous complaints about postings by trolls on the list. However, until we have fulfilled the steps stipulated in the ICG charter for each case, we cannot take action against them. In the meantime we suggest that you set your Spam or other email filters to remove unwanted messages before they reach your inbox.

A close look at recent IGC archives show an increasing number of messages by trolls. It also shows an increase in "unsubscribes". All of us must take individual action to avoid destruction of the list. The co-coordinators cannot do it with administrative action alone, because we must protect the right to legitimate discussion and dissension through proper procedure.

Experienced trolls can manipulate real issues to distract and overwhelm a list. Rather than unsubscribing, we suggest you not participate in discussions with unproductive members and use filters to control the messages you receive.

We may need to open a discussion on changes to the charter, or a change to a moderated list. Please consider these possibilities and opine if you think appropriate.

Best,
Ginger

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