Problems running boards with controversial stuff?

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2 total messages Started by cslewis Thu, 23 Jul 1992 06:56

#100

Author: cslewis
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 06:56

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I will soon be starting a BBS and have some questions for sysops
who operate BBS's which deal with controversial things (hacker
stuff, adult material, far-out politics...)

Have you encountered any legal harassment?  Or have the feds mellowed
out and learned something since Operation Sun Devil?

Have you encountered any anger/harassment from narrow minded people
who can't accept that other people believe different things?  Any
threatening letters?  Damage to your system...?

What has the experience been like overall?  Difficult...?

I look forward to hearing from others who have dealt with these issues.
Post replies, or send e-mail.

Thanks,

Scott Lewis
cslewis@vesta.unm.edu


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Re: Problems running boards with controversial stuff?

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Author: Jerome Grimmer
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 14:18

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In a previous article, cslewis@vesta.unm.edu () says:

>I will soon be starting a BBS and have some questions for sysops
>who operate BBS's which deal with controversial things (hacker
>stuff, adult material, far-out politics...)
>
>Have you encountered any legal harassment?  Or have the feds mellowed
>out and learned something since Operation Sun Devil?

no legal harassment yet.

>
>Have you encountered any anger/harassment from narrow minded people
>who can't accept that other people believe different things?  Any
>threatening letters?  Damage to your system...?

my users understand that flames in public areas are not tolerated and will be
summarily deleted by me, the SysOp.  If a user has a complaint about another 
user flaming him/her in private E-mail, the user receiving the flames should
leave me e-mail and I will begin doing //MAILR commands (I run WWIV 4.21, 
//MAILR reads all mail on the system.  I only do this if I have received a 
complaint from a user about another user.

>
>What has the experience been like overall?  Difficult...?

the experience has not been difficult, my users understand that they are to
keep an open mind, they also know that I do not tolerate personal attacks on
another user in public areas.

>
>I look forward to hearing from others who have dealt with these issues.
>Post replies, or send e-mail.
>

Sorry, I didn't know where to clip the above...

Jerome Grimmer
SysOp of Starship Enterprise BBS, +1 618 549-5351
-- 
"I'm the Sage!  I know *everything*!//Like, okay.  How, like, does BitNet oper-
ate?\\Operate, schmoperate.  The programmers were drunk out of their minds when
they designed it.  If it wasn't for m00sey intervention it wouldn't work at all
From "Rad" ep. 58 by Swede@Drycas.Bitnet. Email ap429@po.cwru.edu 4 more info.

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