|
So my thought is that you aren't going quite far enough with this anarchy thing.
Banning is a form of minimal state saying, "You are no longer welcome." So I honestly think banning should not be possible at all.
On the topic of deletions, I think that can be okay too. Wikipedia allows anyone to edit anything with only a nominal level of protections to maintain a degree of factual consistency. However, since we are talking discussion, I think we are okay. So don't allow deletions either, unless in some sort of automated way to keep clutter down (I.E. Abandoned threads) It would probably really help to have a weekly auto-prune.
With editing, my only concern is that there be some evidence of editing. Sure, let A edit out something wrong or offensive in B's post, but make sure the world know's that A edited the post so that it is not ascribed to B directly.
So where is the safety net? Well, there are a couple options. One, allow for the creation of passworded forums. This allows a limiting of posters without creating the outright tension of ban-and-return. Secondly, allow for usergroup-only boards. This is similar to the first except that, perhaps, it is more dynamic. Additionally, viewing priveledges can be limited to members of usergroups so that nobody even notices that they are not allowed somewhere.
|