The Cunctator wrote:
I don't understand what the problem is. Aren't people just deleting the content when it comes on line?
Yes, but it takes a lot of time. If we're going to delete everything he writes (and we are), then it makes sense to raise the cost of persistence to him, and lower the cost of persistence to us. Username and ip bans are very effective for that, forcing him to dialup over and over, and login again and again.
--Jimbo