I agree with Scott and the others, and I'm not even in their clique.

I don't want to see a ban on bumping old threads: that is perfectly legitimate in many cases, and frequently leads to further multilateral discussion.

I don't want to see a ban on doc: when he participates in real multilateral discussions, his input is as valuable as anyone else's.

I don't want to see a ban on posting the occasional news crosspost to OMNI. Many of them stimulate interesting discussions.

In an ideal world, I'd expect people to use common courtesy, which would mean not attacking a board with many news crossposts or thread bumps in succession, effectively killing other members' topics in the forum.

However, failing that, I support a ToS update. It doesn't have to be an objective measure (e.g., post count). How about giving the moderator the obligation and authority to use his/her judgment to maintain order in a forum via temporary time-outs? I've sometimes wondered if a bot isn't being used in some of the recent OMNI attacks: perhaps a temporary freeze on a User ID would solve a lot of problems.

[This message has been edited by pinniped (edited 08-12-2003).]