In article ,
Ed Rasimus writes:
On Tue, 06 Apr 2004 16:37:14 GMT, "Mortimer Schnerd, RN"
wrote:

Yama wrote:
Amazing how adding just three lines to kill file made this group much more
readable.


Exactomundo. A kill file, oddly enough, should be a living thing. I'm never
afraid to add to it. Generally speaking, a carefully chosen expression can have
almost universal effect, cleaning out pretty much all the crap and leaving the
rest intact.

I would never let off topic stuff run me off. Filter it instead...

While what you say is true, what Dudley has pointed out is true as
well. I used to look forward each day to opening the newsreader and
entering a discussion in R.A.M. Now, the group is filled with
propagandists and petty bickering. The main posters are either
anonymous twits trolling for other twits, or a half-dozen so-called
experts who simply append one-liners to unedited 150 line posts
calling each other fools.

My kill-file grows daily, but much like spammers, the posting source
keeps mutating and as soon as one mole gets whacked another pops out
of a nearby hole.

Unfortunately, after the kill-file does its work, there isn't much
"there" there.

Ed,
It's tough, but, this too will pass. (Although the posting volumes
of some of the more egregious idiots is absolutely amazing. Tempest
managed to chunk out something like 30,000 posts in less than 6
months, at normalized volume of over 100/day. That kinda implies a
bit of multiple personality, as it were) I've found that the most
effective filter, other than the Usual Gang of Idiots, was to cit my
Crosspost Tolerance such that I was rejecting anything posted to
more than 4 groups.
As for the rest, I'll read a few, and, for the most part, pull my
steel pot over my ears and huddle in the bottom of my slit trench
until the barrage is over, which I expect most folks are doing.

The current Idiotstorm has done wonders for my World View, however.
I'd been worried for the longest time about how well the
U.S. Education System had been stacking up worldwide. The influx of
immaturity from various Europeans, A few select Aussies, and a
smattering of Canadians, (and, of course, Michael P.) have convinced
me that worldwide, we're not soing such a bad job.


--
Pete Stickney
A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many
bad measures. -- Daniel Webster