This could be a rule of thumb for any group of people,
You can let one jeering, unpleasant jerk hang around for a while, but the minute you get two or more of them egging each other on, they both have to go, and all their recent messages with them. There are others like them prowling the net, looking for just that kind of situation. More of them will turn up, and they’ll encourage each other to behave more and more outrageously. Kill them quickly and have no regrets.
I just realized I should have disemvowelled some of my commentators. Perhaps in the future.
Teresa Nielsen Hayden's title is Some things I know about moderating conversations in virtual space. It is as always gracefully written and thought-provoking.
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