Re: Extropians Mailing List --Approval Procedure

From: Eliezer S. Yudkowsky (sentience@pobox.com)
Date: Fri Nov 03 2000 - 23:56:42 MST


Brian Atkins wrote:
>
> "Eliezer S. Yudkowsky" wrote:
> >
> > And, oh yeah, the first
> > five messages from new posters should be vetted before hitting the lists - but
> > vet messages, instead of asking posters for physical addresses.
>
> Won't work- think like a black hat: they send 5 innocuous posts that make it
> past the moderator, then when they get unmoderated they flame away.

Darn, now why didn't I think of that?
I guess I'd better withdraw the suggestion, then.

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Eliezer S. Yudkowsky http://singinst.org/
Research Fellow, Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence



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