Luna wrote:
On 8/8/07, Ron Ritzman ritzman@gmail.com wrote:
"I will not assume good faith in the presence of evidence to the contrary" A username like "suckmydick" is evidence to the contrary.
Yes, "suckmydick" should be blocked, but should they necessarily be prevented from choosing a more appropriate name?
If that's the person's only fault I don't even see the point of blocking at all. If they register the name and go away without editing they have effectively prevented anyone else from using the same name.
What message should we be sending? Is it "please choose another name" or "please choose another name, oh wait, you're autoblocked, lol, gtfo and don't come back"? In most cases, I'd prefer the former. From experience watching the live new users feed, most people don't suddenly turn around and register "suckmydick2" if you softblock them, and most of the serious trolls use dynamic addresses that won't be significantly affected by autoblocks, anyway; I can't help but question whether these harsh blocks are really doing much good, on the whole.
They really don't do much good. More effort goes into these counter-measures than these individuals with short attention spans ever put into their silly games in the first place. Energy is much better spent on dealing with the more persistant vandals.
Ec