> It seems like the way news propagates, it should be possible to eliminate bad posters IF most people on the network are either running their own server or pos

> It seems like the way news propagates, it should be possible to eliminate bad posters IF most people on the network are either running their own server or posting from a friend's server. If spam is popping up, you can look back at the path it took; if the spammer's feeds don't stop propagating his messages, then they themselves will probably get disconnected by their feeds. The Usenet Death Penalty (UDP) is what was used in the past against ISPs or spammers, but the wikipedia article [1] indicates that it relied on cancel messages rather than reconfiguring the peering arrangement. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet_Death_Penalty https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet_Death_Penalty