re: KickMe suggestion

Michael-Stern@deshaw.com
Mon, 30 Jan 1995 09:09:35 -0500

I think that auto-kicking newbies is too harsh. Even a polite message
followed by a kick is likely to be merely bewildering to them. I see
it this way -- any person joining the channel has a chance to be a
worthwhile net.person. Perhaps the guy we're kicking would have been
the next Peter Lewis.

Don't kick newbies until after you've tried to coach them through
their confusion.

/stern

p.s. note that, through the miracle of UUCP, I can now receive mail at
my own domain, empowerment.com. The Empowerment Partnership currently
markets one product -- ESP testing kits for animals. I shit you
not. $14.99, and we take credit cards. Email stern@empowerment.com if
you want one.