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Skriven 2015-10-22 22:03:27 av Paul Hayton (3:770/100)
Ärende: Re: Counting again
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On 10/21/15, Lee Lofaso pondered and said...
 
 LL>  WD> * Zone-3 ... kudos ... good job.
 LL> 
 LL> Really?  One sysop in Zone 3 refused to allow Tim Richardson to
 LL> send/receive messages because he was "too controversial" - that
 LL> sysop being from NZ.  Since there are only 19 nodes (by your own
 LL> count) in Zone 3, it should be a very simple matter to figure
 LL> out which sysop that is.  Do you want to do the honor and tell
 LL> us?  Or would you rather somebody else do that for you?

Sorry Lee, but as the sysop directly involved in your tale, you are incorrect.
Not suprising really, given you are peddling your information second hand.

The user in question signed up as a new user at Agency BBS requesting account
validation to 'double agent' status... those are regular users with read and
write access to files and message areas. All users here start off with full
read access to message bases except for sysop only echos.

The sign up request was for "complete access to fidonet" from a system that was
"not based in the USA" and "where people are free to talk". There were also
references to Z1 admin etc. etc. etc. 

Have to say it was quite different from the "hey can I please have access"
message I usually get :)

Like any sysop I can choose to validate (or not) any new user account that
requests access to my system. In this case based on what I had read with
respect to this users conduct towards others across several echoareas I
declined and wished the user all the best in finding a system that would
accomodate their needs.

At the time I stated the user was more than welcome to continue to access
the BBS and read the available echoareas on offer - that offer remains
unchanged.

My POV on all of this is this... Freedom to talk is one thing, but anyone
consistently engaging in a confrontational style with others when it is
apparent that those on the receiving end are trying to be reasonable and not
antagonistic will always lead me cease offering my system as a vehicle for
that kind of 'talk'.

In the case of this particular request it never got that far as the
application for 'double agent' status was politely declined.

So Lee... it had nothing to do with the user being "to controversial" nor was
there any threat made to me from any other sysop to bar this user or else
etc. etc... nor is this user denined read access to message areas - that's all
total fiction. What happened, and why is noted above. #MYTHBUSTED 

Best, Paul

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