Re: Self-moderation

[Stewart Bryant <stewart.bryant@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 17 Aug 2020, at 19:19, John C Klensin <john-ietf@xxxxxxx> wrote:

Perhaps if the mailing list system returned messages above, say,
the fifth in an hour on a given thread or the tenth on a given
list in 24 hours with a careful reminder and request for
confirmation before the message was distributed, that might
help.  No censorship, just a way to slow things down a bit and
slow the rate of temperature rise.   The mere fact of having a
message returned or held for confirmation would provide a small
cooling-off period.  

John

Such a approach would seem inappropriate if the thread concerned a last call issue.

The risk is that the +1s trigger your message throttle/inhibit algorithm, and then perhaps lead to a genuine issue being posted.

- Stewart