in reply to RFC: brig

Well, using the cat'o'nine_tails didn't work too well; ++ to both jdporter and luis.roca.

But, l.r gets the upvotes for presenting an interesting idea with some background info to support it; but not because I favor brigging punitive action without notice. Frankly, I don't see much benefit in keeping a malefactor "happy" or "contented" while being punished. But YMMV (and possibly MM will V some other day).

OTOH, will brigging someone and then allowing that individual to participate in the CB have a deleterious effect; say, a case where the brig-ee makes using the CB unpleasant with complaints, maledictions and just plain BS?

Caveats aside, I think jdp's idea is worth implementing.

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Re^2: RFC: brig
by jdporter (Paladin) on Jul 16, 2011 at 02:39 UTC

    Well, in terms of overall/long-term harm/benefit to the community, the ranting which people do in the CB is of no consequence.

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      ...UNLESS the ranting paints the CB (and, by unreasonable but quite human extension, PM itself) as a fiefdom of nutcases; as a place where the unpleasantries lead a visitor to write off the site as 'too testy to bother with.'

      As I said before, I like the idea; I hope we implement it, but -- even more -- hope we carefully consider the pluses and minuses. (And, of course, my {dark} notions of possible downsides may be unrealistic.)

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