I have seen several academic email listservs destroyed by a single
flamer or troll. Once they get the ball rolling with inflammatory, ad
hominem remarks, the emails flood in, others get irritated by the
torrent of emails (in this case, I thought the list was for information
only), someone tries to restore balance and then others naively leap to
the flamer's defence and proclaim moderation as censorship. All that
results is a lot of people leave the list. Presumably the flamer enjoys
the mayhem and being the centre of attention. Sociological discussion
of the 'issues' are not the issue, as the ad hominem attacks show pretty
quickly.
Dear moderator, please remove me from this list.
Once again, a flamer wins.
Kerry Joy Ard wrote:
> hello, how do i get off the list serv? Thank you.
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