Bob, what is the difference in your mind between a "naysayer" and a crapper or grafitti artist that would be banned from your house? If you do percieve a difference, then please codify it in the TOU.
On the IDCC board, we have a case in point - a paid up member that you seem convinced is a "naysayer" while many other interested folks firmly believe from experience over time both at IHub and prior boards that he is a crapper to the detriment of newbies, the board, and IHub. Perhaps there is an honest difference of opinion here, but you do agree this poster is "personally ... extremely annoying and I don't welcome their presence".
Well then, when and under what circumstances will you take some executive action? Executive action is needed e.g.:
* ban the crapper from any boards he disrupts by executive order;
* empower carefully selected IHub board managers (e.g. Jim L.) to make the tough judgements for the overall benefit of their thread.
* Revise the TOU to limit crappers while not limiting naysayers i.e. draw the line somewhere/somehow.
* and/or some other options TBD.
For the record, so it is clear where I am coming from, I:
* agree with the public board model at IHub;
* want IHub to succeed;
* do not want private boards;
* see a difference between naysayers (which are welcome) and crappers that work within the TOU but grafitti the house and are not welcome;
* believe that crappers can and do ruin boards for newbies seeking valid information, rational *discussion*, and analysis that is BOTH positive AND negative;
* think the TOU is inadequate in that it does not distinguish between crappers and naysayers;
* believes filtering is useful feature for all if used sparingly, but filtering is not a substitute for detecting and eradicating crappers;
* I believe more action is needed and overdue to limit the few (maybe only 1-2) crappers on the IDCC board.
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