• Why do newsgroup moderators go to so much trouble to rehabilitate problem users?

    From pschleck@pschleck@panix.com (Paul W. Schleck) to news.admin.moderation on Mon May 25 11:36:37 2026
    From Newsgroup: news.admin.moderation

    "A natural response to the examples of detailed correspondence
    provided to problem users that have a history of rejected submissions
    to moderated newsgroups (examples that were just posted to this
    subreddit), is why go to all of this trouble? Why not just ban them,
    or even pre-emptively ban them, and without detailed explanation? Most
    of the time, these users won't take feedback, even constructive
    feedback provided privately, and may choose to argue in public about
    it."

    https://www.reddit.com/r/ClassicUsenet/comments/1tn9a2m/why_do_newsgroup_moderators_go_to_so_much_trouble/


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