Kill-filing
On Wed, 1 Dec 2010 19:55:30 -0500, "Duane Hebert" wrote: If you kill-file a person, you have forfeited your privilege to comment on them. Oddly enough I agree with that. Kill-filing doesn't stop me from fishing a post out of the wastebasket, but it does remind me that I'd be an idiot to snap at the bait. I wonder whether there is anybody still monitoring this newsgroup? I found out I was still subscribed only by accident. -- Joy Beeson joy beeson at comcast dot net |
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Joy Beeson wrote:
I wonder whether there is anybody still monitoring this newsgroup? I found out I was still subscribed only by accident. I've been lurking for ages (bike commuter here), never felt much call to post, however. -- sparcipx SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org |
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"Sparc IPX" wrote in message ...
Joy Beeson wrote: I wonder whether there is anybody still monitoring this newsgroup? I found out I was still subscribed only by accident. I've been lurking for ages (bike commuter here), never felt much call to post, however. I wonder if all the other bicycle newsgroups are as dead as this one. In fact I wonder if anything is happening on Usenet - period! I recall the days when there were many hundreds of posters to all the various bicycle newsgroups. But their posts were all fairly contentious. At the time everyone was complaining about trolls, but trolls were never the problem. The real problem was that most folks cannot take disagreement. It is too bad, because it was lots of fun while it lasted. A Usenet newsgroup is not where you go to find friends. Sorry, but it is where you go to exchange information. From the beginning there were always those who wanted a friendly chat room. Those types were gotten rid of easily, and then we were left with some very intelligent types who knew what they were talking about. However, disagreement is inevitable and very many would take offense at the degree of disagreement. To be on Usenet, you have to grow the hide of a rhinoceros. If you are unable to do that, then you have no business being on Usenet. It is very odd to me that many folks cannot take disagreement. I have never learned anything by others agreeing with me. I only learn something new by others disagreeing with me. I thrived on Usenet, but many others felt they were being insulted and put upon. I think if all you want to do is massage one another's ego, then Usenet will never be for you. Usnent grew out of the academic world, and as we all know, academics are the most contentious people in the world. Usenet - RIP! Ed Dolan - Minnesota |
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