However, I'm worried that if OT wackjob posts are widely and routinely ignored, the posters are encouraged, and post more -- "No negative reaction, I see, so it must be all right! And they all agree, as well! More of the same!"
And some posters might react to a courteous "oi, enough of that" from a few regulars.
Yeah, I know, there's some (plenty, more than enough...) that seem beyond reason, or beyond caring for the consequences of their writing. Off to the bozo bin for them!
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Huge
Naah. The *only* way to get rid of trolls is for *everyone* to ignore them.
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Chris Bartram
Indeed, though that seems to be the aim. Many groups I used to follow are useless now, though you have to wonder where they will go if they do manage to kill the last few groups.
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tabbypurr
such as this thread :)
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Chris J Dixon
I rely on the more alert of you to flag these up for me. ;-)
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John Rumm
Thunderbird's kill sub thread is quite handy - it does not kill the whole thread only the wodney post and any replies descending from it. The only downside with it, is if you have filters to mark threads you have posted to as "watched" so you can select to show just watched threads with unread messages, it still counts the unread messages you have killed. So you end up with lots of flagged threads with no actual (worthwhile) content.
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michael adams
Especially for those who still don't seem to to realise that there's more than one NewsGroup, that they could post to.
But then after all its probably only been fifteen years; Rome wasn't built in a day and all that....
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T i m
Well, sort of, but as it is trying to highlight a negative trend in the hope of improving things, potentially more On Topic than many posts of late. ;-)
Cheers, T i m
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Tim Lamb
In message , T i m writes
I have a house extension project in planning. Watch this space:-)
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T i m
Really ... do you own the whole county! ;-)
I'd be very happy with the space of the corner of one of your outbuildings. ;-)
Cheers, T i m
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The Natural Philosopher
Prissy sanctimonious prat
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The Natural Philosopher
well frankly that is the whole point.
If you post something OT and controversial people can respond, killfile or ignore you.
The whole point is that this all got worked pout 20+ years ago.
People coming up all pi today simply display their naiveté.
Next time, just redirect to alt.flame
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Mike Tomlinson
En el artículo , Chris J Dixon escribió:
Glad to see my efforts aren't wasted. I wasn't sure if they were helping others or pissing them off. Here's the latest list:
He's actually very easy to killfile if you have a newsreader with a good rule-based system.
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Mike Tomlinson
En el artículo , Tim Streater escribió:
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Tim Lamb
In message , T i m writes
This is a very modest farm!
Hmm.. Under the current govt. planning rules (permitted development GDO part 3 class Q), up to 450m2 of suitable agricultural buildings may be converted to domestic dwelling space. Naturally local planning depts. are not rushing to support this idea.
This is not quite the *licence to print money* it appears as constructing further farm buildings is then restricted for a period of
10 years. Also you get neighbours who may object to normal farm activities: particularly intensive livestock housing.
My current objective is to *downsize* into what was my sister's modest farmworkers chalet bungalow and retrieve the capital invested in the farmhouse. However, I have yet to convince my wife that this is a good idea.
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Dave Plowman (News)
Of course not. They'd likely get floored.
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T i m
Wot I thought then ... however, I believe in some cases they really can't help themselves ... in which case, it would really be a shame.
eg, The difference between someone making a conscious decision to be a dick, versus someone not realising they were (as judged by most 'ordinary people').
Like the guy following me round a 3 lane roundabout yesterday. I'm in the middle lane because that is the lane that takes me to the exit I need. A guy in lane 3 wants to exit before me and therefore get across to lane 1. He was catching up on me (there are vehicles in front of me) and he hoots *me* because I'm sticking in the right lane and not going off on the next exit like *he thought* I might?
I'm not normally one for road rage but I nearly stopped ... I didn't, partly because it would be stupid, secondly because my Mum was waiting at the Hoverport and lastly because I knew he was in the wrong and so he was so stupid he probably would never understand *why* he was wrong and what he was getting the beating for. ;-)
Cheers, T i m
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Huge
I am about to move house. There are going to be many, many questions.
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Huge
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