Bump. OK, a shameless bump. So disparage me!

This morning, I was thinking about what prompted me to write this somewhat wordy post a while back. Well, it is ever more clear. There are folks in the world who really don't care what kind of reaction they get so long as they get *some* kind of reaction. Not-yet-mature folks who seek attention. Praise them, kiss them or dump a bucket of manure over their head, it's all the same. Attention.

The only sensible way I've found to deal with that in a BBS context is a kill file. In the absence of a kill file facility I use a "virtual kill file" (or is that a "virtual kill file emulator"?). If "X" is in the kill file, when I see a post by X, I a) don't read it and b) put the thread in threaded mode and don't read any posts that are descendants of X's post.

This doesn't work perfectly but it works. Also, I suppose it's not for everybody. It's a little "dark" - implies that salvation may *not* be possible for all -- runs against that very human hope that the Xs of the world will some around and adopt more reasonable social behavior. Well, sometimes they do and sometimes they don't. It's not my decision. At some point, though, we found that we had to kick one or two out of the ER so that the ER could continue to serve its intended function.