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[SomeDude]

On Saturday, 29 December 2012 at 14:27:18 UTC, Andrei 
Alexandrescu wrote:
> On 12/29/12 4:48 AM, Walter Bright wrote:
>> On 12/28/2012 11:30 PM, Sönke Ludwig wrote:
>>> As a moderator you have quick access to "Mark as spam", 
>>> "Blacklist"
>>> and "Delete" for each message
>>> and there is a separate moderation page, where all messages 
>>> can be
>>> filtered and handled in batches.
>>>
>>> Also there is voting for ordinary users, which at least 
>>> should quickly
>>> move them to the bottom (not
>>> sure if they get collapsed as on reddit at some point).
>>>
>>
>> I know there are ways to cheat using the voting system, and 
>> reddit has a
>> way to deal with that, too.
>>
>> Essentially, none of these systems are foolproof, and may wind 
>> up
>> requiring constant attention to keep the spam out.
>
> There is a price, but it should be seen in conjunction with the 
> corresponding benefits. I think we should definitely experiment 
> with this.
>
> Andrei

I think there should be a few designed moderators for the 
community, and a way to quickly report abuses.

Let me remind we have in this very newsgroup a drunk dude who 
regularly keeps throwing random insults around under different 
nicknames (right now, Han). Not to mention the occasional spam. 
Maybe if someone started taking care of these guys already...