Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe wrote:

Stick your nose into rec.ponds if you want to see what can happen if a few
people get serious about trying to rid a newsgroup of a few others by the
constant posting of rebuttals and insults. There's nothing left there.

A lot of usenet has become that way. I don't know if it's fallout from
the Endless September ** or what. Some of my techie groups have been
overtaken by "experts" who put down any newcomer who dares ask a
question. Very sad. Seems like a lot of people are stressed and want
someone easy to beat up on. That's why I don't want that to happen
here.

Kev

** http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_September