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Old 02-23-2006, 07:07 PM   #216
Griff
still says videotape
 
Join Date: Feb 2001
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Originally Posted by Undertoad
All true tw. I think we proved, in Mark 1, that it was possible to show everyone that if they simply ignored such people, they would go away. One problem is, there are now more users. So A) there are so many more attention whores - they are now worldwide, and B) it's harder to educate everyone and motivate them around the common cause of a passive silent treatment.
I'd rather the new users figure it out or try to convert the attention whores. Of course this comes from someone who anonymoused humbug. *shrug* I just don't want banning to become commonplace.
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