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Re: Why we really can't use Facebook for technical discussion.

Fred Baker <fredbaker.ietf@gmail.com> Sun, 06 June 2021 22:11 UTC

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Subject: Re: Why we really can't use Facebook for technical discussion.
Date: Sun, 06 Jun 2021 15:11:18 -0700
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To: Larry Masinter <LMM@acm.org>
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> On Jun 5, 2021, at 10:45 PM, Larry Masinter <LMM@acm.org> wrote:
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> Can public forums improve the quality of discussion by delaying frequent, divisive posters?

If we were to test such a policy, I think I would want to change it to “between postings by the same individual”. Otherwise, we probably need to budget a few thousand posts on the topic before we decide what constitutes a “divisive poster”… :-)

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