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To: FaultLine who wrote (149910)	10/29/2004 6:03:03 PM
From: Sun Tzu	Respond to of 281500

>> Well I have two suggestions. First let's use a point system similar to driving demerit points (yes the points age and no all offences may not be the same). Egads, can you imagine the bookkeeping? :o/ Nothing a small spreadsheet cannot solve. We have the power...we have the technology...let's use it :-) >> Second let's limit the number of posts to 5 posts per person per day regardless of number of lines and/or original content. We've talked about doing this a couple of times but I cannot seem to get past the problem that I could enjoy reading some people's posts all day long if they would be so kind as to expend the effort. :o) In my experience, silence, though inconvenient in the beginning, is a very good thing. It causes two things: as in daily conversation, silence encourages people who would otherwise not pitch in to join the conversation. Secondly, it will encourage people to think carefully about what they want to say and which battles they want to fight...and anyway, if after a month of this 5 proves to be too small of a number, increase it to 7. anyway, it's just a thought. ST