I give up, after many, many years!

on 5/11/2008 6:58 PM Lou said the following:
On May 11, 6:16 pm, Shirl wrote:
Andrew Sarangan wrote:
I don't take seriously any posters who use handles instead
of their real names.
That's a little extreme, IMO ... I don't think a person should have to
use their real name to be taken seriously. Some people aren't
comfortable using their real names, and in many instances, with just
cause. I think it's more important how people conduct themselves than
whether or not they use their real names ... but ... to each, his own.

Case in point? The people that got sued by Zoom for posting
on Usenet.

Or had our local police turned loose on us in the middle of the night by
him. Or were threatened with violence in our workplace by a different
psycho poster living nearby.

Shirl wrote:
Dudley Henriques wrote:
I've been posting on the pilot forums using my own name for about 10
years. Two things immediately come to mind;

The first was when someone made a HUGE deal about the fact that it
didn't matter a hoot whether or not I used my own name or not since
neither I or anyone else could prove I was in fact Dudley Henriques.

The second incident involved someone who claimed I couldn't be Dudley
Henriques because he knew Dudley Henriques and I wasn't him.
On this incident, my wife answered him asking him to PLEASE send the
real Dudley Henriques home at once because the one she had been living
with for 42 years hated to do yard work.

LOL.
I also have a friend who posted using his own name ... just so happens
he is in the television industry and of course, nobody believed it was
really him, they told him he was full of _ _ _ _, etc. It was both
humorous and frustrating for him. Really, it doesn't matter WHAT name
you use ... there can be problems either way.

So true; an unfortunate fact of Usenet.

--
Dudley Henriques

Blakesy wrote in :

On Sun, 11 May 2008 11:21:57 -0700, Shirl wrote in
:

of late it's easy to see that 95% are a couple
of people exchanging insults ad nauseam.

What makes you think they are not the same person?


You got me, I'm Maxwell. First I poast as Bertie, then I stick my inger in
a socket and post again as Maxie.

Bertie

Andrew Sarangan wrote in news:29a0740a-9fc5-43e7-
:

On May 11, 7:16 pm, Shirl wrote:
Andrew Sarangan wrote:
I don't take seriously any posters who use handles instead
of their real names.

That's a little extreme, IMO ... I don't think a person should have to
use their real name to be taken seriously. Some people aren't
comfortable using their real names, and in many instances, with just
cause. I think it's more important how people conduct themselves than
whether or not they use their real names ... but ... to each, his own.

You do have a point because legitimate posts also come from anonymous
posters. But if you browse the topics, nearly all inflammatory posts
come from people whose names are fake, and people with real names have
rarely made such posts, although there are exceptions. Anonymity is
critical in some newsgroups, such as abuse, drugs etc.. In aviation
there might be an occasional need for anonymity, to discuss accidents
or similar things. But for just plain shooting the breeze, as we often
do in this group, I don't see anonymity as a basic requirement.




It is if you **** off as many people as I do!


Bertie

Tina wrote in news:2cf9b37f-fa47-4e08-add7-
:

Character, it's been said, is what you do when no one is watching.
These days on the 'net it's demonstrated in other ways. Oh well.


I'm considered a bit of a character rl as well.....

Bertie

"Jay Honeck" wrote in
news:ihKVj.159873$yE1.40277@attbi_s21:

I give up -- not flying -- but subscribing to this NG.

Sorry to see you go, Jay. I've enjoyed your posts, and hope you can
make it to OSH this year.

I still find some utility in this group, but no longer recommend it to
new or aspiring pilots. I find myself spending more and more time on
moderated groups that don't tolerate anonymous trolls.


That's ecause you're intolerant. I can't stand that.


Check back from time to time. This, too, shall pass.


good one.


Bertie

On May 11, 11:33 am, Jay Somerset wrote:
I give up -- not flying -- but subscribing to this NG. It is just too
riddled with crap and backbiting, to the point that it carries little
if any useful exchange of interest to active pilots. It isn't worth
the effort any more, even with multiple kill files.

So good riddance to 90+% of the posts, and the few idiots who have
managed to spoil the NG over the past couple of years, and farewell to
those few remaining sensible contributors. I admire your patience and
tolerance. Mine have given out!
--
Jay (remove dashes for legal email address)


I would encourage you to not give up. I don't find the extraneous
posts particularly distracting. It is easy to see which threads are
legit. Example: if you expand the recent thread on "Cessna 172R from
Telluride to Aspen" it is entirely dominated by MX and his groupies. I
don't even read past the titles and the poster names.

Hey, you just need a better newsreader. I use GNUS, part of GNU
Emacs. After screening out Jay Honeck and his homies, Bertie, and a
few others, 90% of the posts are gone and 95% of the junk.
--
If you ever drop your keys into a river of molten lava, forget
em', cause, man, they're gone.
- Jack Handey

Bob Fry wrote:
Hey, you just need a better newsreader. I use GNUS, part of GNU
Emacs. After screening out Jay Honeck and his homies, Bertie, and a
few others, 90% of the posts are gone and 95% of the junk.

And you're left with exactly, what?

Andrew Sarangan writes:

You do have a point because legitimate posts also come from anonymous
posters. But if you browse the topics, nearly all inflammatory posts
come from people whose names are fake, and people with real names have
rarely made such posts, although there are exceptions.

However, the converse is not true: not all anonymous posters make inflammatory
posts.

Anonymity is an unpleasant necessity in cyberspace today.

But for just plain shooting the breeze, as we often
do in this group, I don't see anonymity as a basic requirement.

No matter what you say, and no matter what your opinion, and no matter how
nicely you say it, there will be someone who doesn't like it, so beware.