X-Message-Number: 26702 Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 09:38:05 -0400 (EDT) From: Charles Platt <> Subject: reputation too low References: <> > Message #26699 > From: > Subject: SURVEY: How many full sign-ups did you think CI had? > > <<< POSTER'S REPUTATION TOO LOW >>> How very interesting! By the law of unintended consequences, Kevin Brown's well-intentioned system to control abuse of Cryonet apparently can be used by people who wish to censor Cryonet. Hm, I wonder how many votes are required to make a "poster's reputation too low"? If a few people decide to suppress a certain type of criticism, can they get together and blacklist a critic? I checked the Cryonet reference messages and posting instructions online, but cannot find a source to remind me how reputation values are calculated. I suggest that a reasonably large minimum number of negative votes should be required--at least 20, say--before any blacklisting occurs. This would apply even if there are no positive votes. tru_numberman may be irritating to some people, but (s)he was not abusing the list and had a point to make. Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=26702