RE: [cobalt-users] O.T Sale of Business

[Dom Latter <DLatter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

[snip stuff about flaming spammers]

> Nobody really appreciates it

Call me "nobody".  

Have you heard of "broken window theory"?  Basically, if you 
have an empty building, the moment one window gets broken by
vandals, the rest will quickly follow.  (Link below).

It's the same with mailing lists and newsgroup.  Minor 
uncorrected "violations" are seen by newcomers as a
sign that it's perfectly acceptable behaviour.  Pretty 
soon the signal to noise ratio plummets as all the spammers
start trying to outshout each other.

Hell, it's hard enough to get people to follow the meta-FAQ
guidelines to do with trimming quoted material... 

As a compromise, we could request that "netiquette flames"
have the letters NF added to the subject line... this would
meant that people could still read Dan "Helpful" Kriwitsky 
and yet filter out Dan "Hitler" Kriwitsky.

[FX: Dom puts on jackboots, goose-steps in to the distance]

http://www.juniorpoliceacademy.org/Division_C/dc_w6_finals_graduation/Broken
_Window_Theory/broken_window_theory.html