>From Brad Knowles:
>
> But, taking my AOL hat off now, how would you educate a large
> user community like this? I mean, the average Usenet poster seems
> quite clueless enough (give most of the posts I've read and personal
Just brainstorming here... but how about making them take an
interactive test, like a driver's certification test? Set it up
so they can't send note 1 on the internet unless they can answer
ten questions correctly about addressing, etiquette, Good Times,
pyramid schemes, chain letters, unsolicited advertising, and
unsubscribing from lists. Set it up so they can't send note 1 to
usenet without answering a similar set of ten questions about it.
Make it hyper-linked to the appropriate FAQ so they can look up
the answer if they don't know it, an open-book test; automate it
so if they miss one, it asks something similar a few questions
later, and won't let them through until they can answer ALL ten
questions (or get whatever the minimum score is out of however
many questions they finally get asked).
Or how about an interactive routine with audio that says "raise
your right hand and repeat after me: I promise not to pass on
notes about the Good time virus or other unsubstantiated rumors; I
promise not to participate in chain letters; I promise not to send
unsolicited commercial mail; ..."
Make it into a game.
With all of AOL's resources, you ought to be able to come up with
something...
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