Re: Enforcement of mandatory subject labeling

From: Rafal Smigrodzki (rafal@smigrodzki.org)
Date: Sat Mar 29 2003 - 00:03:48 MST

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    Yes.

    Rafal
    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "Eliezer S. Yudkowsky" <sentience@pobox.com>
    To: <extropians@extropy.org>
    Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 11:51 PM
    Subject: META: Enforcement of mandatory subject labeling

    > Well, just out of curiousity, with all these nonlabeled vitriolic useless
    > flames filling up my Extropians mailbox, I checked my Trash to see whether
    > *anyone* was still using the IRAQ keyword. And what do you know, all the
    > *intelligent* posts were politely using the IRAQ keyword and had thus been
    > moved to the Trash.
    >
    > The Law of Unintended Consequences strikes again.
    >
    > I move to make the inclusion of the IRAQ keyword a mandatory list rule
    > enforceable by temporary bans on posting - i.e., anyone who posts an IRAQ
    > message without an IRAQ keyword will be asked not to post for two days, as
    > a gentle reminder. All messages, flames, uncivil retorts and heated
    > remarks even loosely related to Iraq should get an IRAQ label, in addition
    > to any POLITICS or WAR labels. Why? Because I don't want to lose all
    > POLITICS posts just to filter out the Iraq flamewar - someone might have
    > something real to say at some point. And plonking WAR would also plonk
    > "warning", "warm weather" and so on.
    >
    > Do I hear a second?
    >
    > --
    > Eliezer S. Yudkowsky http://singinst.org/
    > Research Fellow, Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence
    >
    >



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