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Posted by Bob & Holly Wilson on November 4, 2007, 5:07 pm
Please log in for more thread options On Sun, 4 Nov 2007 14:46:44 -0600, bwilson4use@hotmail.com (Bob &
Holly Wilson) wrote:
>Hi Mike,
>
>
>>
>> > One of the problems with USENET have been the trolls. Some groups
>> > adopted moderators and auto-bots . . . something "alt.*" seems to
>> > reject.
>>
>> Okay, what I'm about to write is off-topic for this group but relevant
>> to your post.
>>
>> The person who creates an alt.* group determines whether the group is
>> moderated or not, as I learned when I created this group, at Michelle
>> Steiner's suggestion. I had no intention of putting in the effort to be
>> a moderator, so that's why this group is unmoderated. Presumably the
>> same is true of most all other alt.* groups.
>>
>> As for the trolls, and now this is _WAY_ off-topic, but I see you're
>> posting from a Mac using MacSOUP, as I am, and that newsreader excels at
>> killfiling. Not only can you use its "autokill" feature, to filter all
>> followups along with the original posts, you can autokill individual
>> thread and even, my favorite, subthreads.
>
>The version I'm running has an adequate killfile capability although I
>would prefer the ability to use "AND" and "OR". I've tweaked my kill
>file and if our little friend comes back, I have no problem tweaking it
>again. I understand 'thunderbird' (???) might have the advanced reader
>logic that would work. But back to my original question.
>
>My interest in mapping the other forums is two fold. First, personal
>since I enjoy reading about what folks are doing with their Prius and
>hybrids. But the second has to do with helping newbies find a sensible
>place to ask questions but by accident of history, show up here only to
>get slammed by sociopathic trolls.
>
>We've had a similar problems in other forums including my favorite,
>'hsv.*" groups. Only in "hsv.*," the problem has been the ditto heads
>who took Newt's admonitions to heart only to reveal they can't take what
>they love to dish out. What is sad is the degree that trolls eventually
>tire, move on, only to be replaced by new sociopaths.
>
>Bob Wilson
Do not feed the trolls and they will move on to greener pastures.
-
Piper
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