Let's move on

Martin Hotze wrote:
Jay Honeck schrieb:
It's disgustingly predictable, and kill files only cure half the problem.
(The other half being all the people who respond to their inane, 3-word
personal attack posts...)

then killfile them, too.
here about 50% or more of all postings are wiped out by the killfile.



Or even more. I believe I was one of the earliest to point out that our problem
poster was just a troll. I caught a fair amount of flak for it but I ended up
killfiling him. Then I started sending emails to those who insisted on getting
hooked on his line. I caught more flak. How dare I threaten them? Well, they
weren't threats. They were nothing more than an advisory message saying that I
was going to killfile those who answered him and recommend that others do the
same.

The people who were offended no longer exist in my Usenet universe. Traffic
dropped considerably but so what? Most of that traffic had to do with being
trolled.

My killfile has plenty of folks in it and room for plenty more. It amazes me
that the NG is still dealing with this petty annoyance.

Have I earned a spot in other's killfiles? Who cares? Life will go on.



--
Mortimer Schnerd, RN
mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com

My killfile has plenty of folks in it and room for plenty more. It amazes
me that the NG is still dealing with this petty annoyance.

Have I earned a spot in other's killfiles? Who cares? Life will go on.

While I agree with you, I'm still deeply saddened by the turn of events.
There was a time here when we were all friends -- and I mean *all* friends.
The list of names of great posters who have moved on to other forums thanks
to the trolls is way too long.

But, everything in life is cyclical, and I expect this is just an especially
deep downturn. Everyone and every thing changes, and (sooner or later)
Bertie, Maxwell, and (to a lesser extent) MX will move on and leave the
group in peace. Or, perhaps the migration to web-based forums will be
complete, and this group will simply dissolve.

Heck, even when this group was (IMHO) great, there were posters here
lamenting the "day AOL opened up the newsgroups" as if that was the utter
ruin of this group. It's ironic how insignificant that event turned out to
be, in the long run.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
Ercoupe N94856
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:xr4qk.247791$TT4.121438@attbi_s22...
My killfile has plenty of folks in it and room for plenty more. It
amazes me that the NG is still dealing with this petty annoyance.

Have I earned a spot in other's killfiles? Who cares? Life will go on.

While I agree with you, I'm still deeply saddened by the turn of events.
There was a time here when we were all friends -- and I mean *all*
friends. The list of names of great posters who have moved on to other
forums thanks to the trolls is way too long.

But, everything in life is cyclical, and I expect this is just an
especially deep downturn. Everyone and every thing changes, and (sooner
or later) Bertie, Maxwell, and (to a lesser extent) MX will move on and
leave the group in peace. Or, perhaps the migration to web-based forums
will be complete, and this group will simply dissolve.

Heck, even when this group was (IMHO) great, there were posters here
lamenting the "day AOL opened up the newsgroups" as if that was the utter
ruin of this group. It's ironic how insignificant that event turned out
to be, in the long run.
--

Nonsense. You and your ilk used to control this group, just like Bertie and
his ilk controls it today. It's always been a struggle of controlling
personalities. Until EVERYONE can learn to make room for EVERYONE ELSE'S
opinion, the forum will suffer.

Too many chiefs and not enough indians, too many teachers and not enough
students.

As long as everyone as a group embraces people that don't treat others with
respect, the entire group will suffer.

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:xr4qk.247791$TT4.121438@attbi_s22...
My killfile has plenty of folks in it and room for plenty more. It
amazes me that the NG is still dealing with this petty annoyance.

Have I earned a spot in other's killfiles? Who cares? Life will go on.

While I agree with you, I'm still deeply saddened by the turn of events.

I bet you are, braggart.

It's not your personal spam paradise anymore, is it?

And most of your suck buddies have disappeared, haven't they?

Sad for you, good for the group.