I agree that something needs to be done; however, -10 is a pretty low number to boot somebody out (or even slap them down). All you would need is one post with negative feedbacks on one issue and you would be out the door.

I received -6 on my business proposal. As the group grows and more people rate and post comments all it would take is a original business proposal to early in the game to be thrown out.

Perhaps a warning from the group and any and all SPAM material be removed. If that individual persists in causing trouble, at that point, consider throwing him out of the group.

I thought the whole idea was for people to feel at ease interacting with one another online and if you are afraid of discussing something that someone does not agree with it sort of invalidates the entire concept.

People make mistakes and the wise learn from those mistakes. It's only when you get someone that is not willing to learn that it makes them difficult to work with. It's those sort of people that should be identified and gotten rid of and not the new kid on the block that becomes overly excited with their ideas and the exposure to the quality of people they are coming in contact with.

The whole idea that someone feels that they have to use an alias to interact within the group is appauling. Could you not restrict special characters from being used within an individuals name? I know this would not stop anything. I don't really care to talk to an individual that feels that they must hide behind an alias because I often wonder what it is that they feel they must hide.

These are just some ideas to take into account.