Why do newsgroup moderators go to so much trouble to rehabilitate problem users?

From	pschleck@panix.com (Paul W. Schleck)
Newsgroups	alt.fan.usenet, alt.culture.usenet, news.groups
Subject	Why do newsgroup moderators go to so much trouble to rehabilitate problem users?
Date	2026-05-25 15:05 +0000
Organization	PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC
Message-ID	<10v1of6$okq$1@reader1.panix.com> (permalink)

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"A natural response to the examples of detailed correspondence
provided to problem users that have a history of rejected submissions
to moderated newsgroups (examples that were just posted to this
subreddit), is why go to all of this trouble? Why not just ban them,
or even pre-emptively ban them, and without detailed explanation? Most
of the time, these users won't take feedback, even constructive
feedback provided privately, and may choose to argue in public about
it."

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Why do newsgroup moderators go to so much trouble to rehabilitate problem users? pschleck@panix.com (Paul W. Schleck) - 2026-05-25 15:05 +0000
  Re: Why do newsgroup moderators go to so much trouble to rehabilitate problem users? "Kerr-Mudd, John" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2026-05-25 17:48 +0100
    Re: Why do newsgroup moderators go to so much trouble to   rehabilitate problem users? Roger Hayter <roger@hayter.org> - 2026-05-25 19:11 +0000
  Re: Why do newsgroup moderators go to so much trouble to rehabilitate problem users? vintageapplemac@gmail.com (scole) - 2026-05-25 18:55 +0100
    Re: Why do newsgroup moderators go to so much trouble to rehabilitate problem users? pschleck@panix.com (Paul W. Schleck) - 2026-05-25 21:09 +0000
    Re: Why do newsgroup moderators go to so much trouble to rehabilitate problem users? oldernow <oldernow@dev.null> - 2026-05-25 23:06 +0000

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