This Thought Brought to You By My Hammer

[leahbobet]

(It makes things look like nails. *g*)

Okay, idle hypothetical I'm throwing out here:

What do you think would happen if SFWA empowered a newsgroups moderator to enforce a code of conduct for the org's online spaces?

Because y'know, it's really just a standard-issue troll infestation they have going there. Just a long-standing and entrenched one.

Comments

[timprov.livejournal.com]

They would argue for seven years over what the code of conduct should be, then eventually come up with one that empowers the trolls while punishing the good people.

This isn't so much a futurist question as a historical one.

[leahbobet.livejournal.com]

That's only if you do your document-writing with the voices of the trolls being considered.