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From: Mild Shock <janburse@fastmail.fm>
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Subject: plonk in discourse (Was: The issue with free speech)
Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2024 00:48:47 +0200
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I have a problem with the code of conduct of
the group New PIP proposals - Prolog Community
which is not free speech friendly. It says:

If You See a Problem, Flag It
https://discourse.prolog-lang.org/faq

Thats not a good approach since it can be
easily abused. What I think is a better approach
are individual kill files, like in the good old

USENET times. Interestingly plonk is also provided
by discourse. For example in SWI-Prolog discourse
I can go to a user, and choose ignore indefinitely: