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Web forums? Bob & Holly Wilson 11-04-2007
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Posted by Bob & Holly Wilson on November 4, 2007, 5:16 am
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 Hi folks,

One of the problems with USENET have been the trolls. Some groups
adopted moderators and auto-bots . . . something "alt.*" seems to
reject. In contrast, the web based forums have solved the problem by
using moderators, the very thing for serious discussions. These are the
forums I'm using:

GreenHybrid.com - advocacy and news
PriusChat.com - technical
Yahoogroups - technical, heavy

I'm curious as to what web forums other folks are using?

Thanks,
Bob Wilson

Posted by richard schumacher on November 4, 2007, 11:47 am
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 bwilson4use@hotmail.com (Bob & Holly Wilson) wrote:

> One of the problems with USENET have been the trolls. Some groups
> adopted moderators and auto-bots . . . something "alt.*" seems to
> reject. In contrast, the web based forums have solved the problem by
> using moderators, the very thing for serious discussions. These are the
> forums I'm using:
>
> GreenHybrid.com - advocacy and news
> PriusChat.com - technical
> Yahoogroups - technical, heavy
>
> I'm curious as to what web forums other folks are using?

http://priuschat.com also has news and advocacy.
http://prisuonline.com is perhaps duplicative but the interface is a bit
simpler

For technical news and discussion of green transport of all kinds see
http://www.greencarcongress.com/

http://www.evworld.com/ is a good source of links to stories on
transport in the popular media.

Useful blogs include
http://terrapass.com/blog/
http://www.treehugger.com/cars_transportation/

Posted by Bob & Holly Wilson on November 4, 2007, 3:46 pm
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> bwilson4use@hotmail.com (Bob & Holly Wilson) wrote:
>
> > One of the problems with USENET have been the trolls. Some groups
> > adopted moderators and auto-bots . . . something "alt.*" seems to
> > reject. In contrast, the web based forums have solved the problem by
> > using moderators, the very thing for serious discussions. These are the
> > forums I'm using:
> >
> > GreenHybrid.com - advocacy and news
> > PriusChat.com - technical
> > Yahoogroups - technical, heavy
> >
> > I'm curious as to what web forums other folks are using?
>
> http://priuschat.com also has news and advocacy.
> http://prisuonline.com is perhaps duplicative but the interface is a bit
> simpler
>
> For technical news and discussion of green transport of all kinds see
> http://www.greencarcongress.com/
>
> http://www.evworld.com/ is a good source of links to stories on
> transport in the popular media.
>
> Useful blogs include
> http://terrapass.com/blog/
> http://www.treehugger.com/cars_transportation/

Thanks!

Bob Wilson

Posted by Mike Rosenberg on November 4, 2007, 11:56 am
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> 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.

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Posted by Bob & Holly Wilson on November 4, 2007, 3:46 pm
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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


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