I've been using Usenet newsgroups for well over 10 years, I know how
they work. When they work like they are supposed to it's a kind of
cheerful anarchy. People got off topic, sometimes they get pissed and
fuss at each other, and there are the damn spammers... all of those
things are facts of life in Usenet.

This childish, stupid idiocy that we see here, with a small handful of
people going off on each other and with 10's or more posts, usually with
the exactly the same copied and pasted garbage is something else
again... at least the damn spammers are trying to make a dishonest buck,
these guys haven't even risen to that level.

Jeff DeWitt

§ñühw¤£f wrote:
> Jeff DeWitt <JeffDeWitt@nc.rr.com> pinched out a steaming pile
> of<46bb9621$0$30612$4c368faf@roadrunner.com>:
>
>> §ñühw¤£f wrote:
>>> Jeff DeWitt <JeffDeWitt@nc.rr.com> pinched out a steaming pile
>>> of<46ba8e17$0$30669$4c368faf@roadrunner.com>:
>>>
>>>> And you know who you are, your stupid flame wars are drowning out
> the
>>>> good stuff in this newsgroup. Any newbie coming along is going to
>>> take
>>>> one look at your trash and move on.
>>>>
>>>> Jeff DeWitt
>>>>
>>> Learn to filter your newsfeeds?
>>>
>>> http://www.kibo.com/kibokill/
>>>
>>> HTH
>>>
>> I KNOW how to filter out posters, and am going to do just that, but it
>> doesn't change the fact these childish idiots are royally screwing up
>> this newsgroup.
>>
> The alt heirarchy isnt moderated.
> If you want rec.autos.******-jeep.moderated, then you should go to
> news.groups and ask one of the big 8 cabal to make it for you.
> Or get the software, make it yourself and find a friendly newsserver to
> host the group.
> Or...set up your own server with passwords and auth info.
> Or, migrate to the web and create a yahoo type group.
> The options are endless.
>
>> Some newbie comes along looking for Jeep info, sees this crap and they
>> move on, not only do they loose what should be a valuable resource but
>> we miss the chance to meet them and see what they would have
> contributed.
>
> If if "your" group is only used by "adults", only has 100% on topic
> posts and such many people dont see what they're looking for and "move
> on".
> I use search engines to find specific ansers to specific questions.
> Newsgroups are fun but they're really hit & miss for solid info.
>
>
>> Killfiling doesn't solve the problem anyway. You killfile some idiot
>> and then someone who isn't killfiled responds to them and you see it
> anyway.
>
> So this is about controlling who has a voice.
> Hmmm...since you're all about censorship you're better off with a
> moderated NG or a yahoo type web forum where you can control
> everything.
>
>
>> One of the things that really hurt the Studebaker newsgroup was
>> political discussions, this NG hasn't ever risen to that level, all we
>> get here are the same few people blasting the same garbage at each
> other.
>
> Thats human nature. People do that.
>
>> We are supposed to be adults here, it's too bad some of us can't act
>> that way.
>>
>> Jeff DeWitt
>>
> Filter and set a good example?
> Or create yer own little utopia...aka web forum.
>
> <shrugs>

 

On Sat, 11 Aug 2007 09:10:18 -0400, Jeff DeWitt <JeffDeWitt@nc.rr.com>
wrote:

>I've been using Usenet newsgroups for well over 10 years, I know how
>they work. When they work like they are supposed to it's a kind of
>cheerful anarchy. People got off topic, sometimes they get pissed and
>fuss at each other, and there are the damn spammers... all of those
>things are facts of life in Usenet.
>
>This childish, stupid idiocy that we see here, with a small handful of
>people going off on each other and with 10's or more posts, usually with
>the exactly the same copied and pasted garbage is something else
>again... at least the damn spammers are trying to make a dishonest buck,
>these guys haven't even risen to that level.
>
>Jeff DeWitt
>
>§ñühw¤£f wrote:
>> Jeff DeWitt <JeffDeWitt@nc.rr.com> pinched out a steaming pile
>> of<46bb9621$0$30612$4c368faf@roadrunner.com>:
>>
>>> §ñühw¤£f wrote:
>>>> Jeff DeWitt <JeffDeWitt@nc.rr.com> pinched out a steaming pile
>>>> of<46ba8e17$0$30669$4c368faf@roadrunner.com>:
>>>>
>>>>> And you know who you are, your stupid flame wars are drowning out
>> the
>>>>> good stuff in this newsgroup. Any newbie coming along is going to
>>>> take
>>>>> one look at your trash and move on.
>>>>>
>>>>> Jeff DeWitt
>>>>>
>>>> Learn to filter your newsfeeds?
>>>>
>>>> http://www.kibo.com/kibokill/
>>>>
>>>> HTH
>>>>
>>> I KNOW how to filter out posters, and am going to do just that, but it
>>> doesn't change the fact these childish idiots are royally screwing up
>>> this newsgroup.
>>>
>> The alt heirarchy isnt moderated.
>> If you want rec.autos.******-jeep.moderated, then you should go to
>> news.groups and ask one of the big 8 cabal to make it for you.
>> Or get the software, make it yourself and find a friendly newsserver to
>> host the group.
>> Or...set up your own server with passwords and auth info.
>> Or, migrate to the web and create a yahoo type group.
>> The options are endless.
>>
>>> Some newbie comes along looking for Jeep info, sees this crap and they
>>> move on, not only do they loose what should be a valuable resource but
>>> we miss the chance to meet them and see what they would have
>> contributed.
>>
>> If if "your" group is only used by "adults", only has 100% on topic
>> posts and such many people dont see what they're looking for and "move
>> on".
>> I use search engines to find specific ansers to specific questions.
>> Newsgroups are fun but they're really hit & miss for solid info.
>>
>>
>>> Killfiling doesn't solve the problem anyway. You killfile some idiot
>>> and then someone who isn't killfiled responds to them and you see it
>> anyway.
>>
>> So this is about controlling who has a voice.
>> Hmmm...since you're all about censorship you're better off with a
>> moderated NG or a yahoo type web forum where you can control
>> everything.
>>
>>
>>> One of the things that really hurt the Studebaker newsgroup was
>>> political discussions, this NG hasn't ever risen to that level, all we
>>> get here are the same few people blasting the same garbage at each
>> other.
>>
>> Thats human nature. People do that.
>>
>>> We are supposed to be adults here, it's too bad some of us can't act
>>> that way.
>>>
>>> Jeff DeWitt
>>>
>> Filter and set a good example?
>> Or create yer own little utopia...aka web forum.
>>
>> <shrugs>

Does using Usenet for 10 years come with privileges like top posting,
and who do I talk too?

 

On Sat, 11 Aug 2007 09:10:18 -0400, Jeff DeWitt <JeffDeWitt@nc.rr.com>
wrote:

>I've been using Usenet newsgroups for well over 10 years, I know how
>they work. When they work like they are supposed to it's a kind of
>cheerful anarchy. People got off topic, sometimes they get pissed and
>fuss at each other, and there are the damn spammers... all of those
>things are facts of life in Usenet.
>
>This childish, stupid idiocy that we see here, with a small handful of
>people going off on each other and with 10's or more posts, usually with
>the exactly the same copied and pasted garbage is something else
>again... at least the damn spammers are trying to make a dishonest buck,
>these guys haven't even risen to that level.
>
>Jeff DeWitt
>
>§ñühw¤£f wrote:
>> Jeff DeWitt <JeffDeWitt@nc.rr.com> pinched out a steaming pile
>> of<46bb9621$0$30612$4c368faf@roadrunner.com>:
>>
>>> §ñühw¤£f wrote:
>>>> Jeff DeWitt <JeffDeWitt@nc.rr.com> pinched out a steaming pile
>>>> of<46ba8e17$0$30669$4c368faf@roadrunner.com>:
>>>>
>>>>> And you know who you are, your stupid flame wars are drowning out
>> the
>>>>> good stuff in this newsgroup. Any newbie coming along is going to
>>>> take
>>>>> one look at your trash and move on.
>>>>>
>>>>> Jeff DeWitt
>>>>>
>>>> Learn to filter your newsfeeds?
>>>>
>>>> http://www.kibo.com/kibokill/
>>>>
>>>> HTH
>>>>
>>> I KNOW how to filter out posters, and am going to do just that, but it
>>> doesn't change the fact these childish idiots are royally screwing up
>>> this newsgroup.
>>>
>> The alt heirarchy isnt moderated.
>> If you want rec.autos.******-jeep.moderated, then you should go to
>> news.groups and ask one of the big 8 cabal to make it for you.
>> Or get the software, make it yourself and find a friendly newsserver to
>> host the group.
>> Or...set up your own server with passwords and auth info.
>> Or, migrate to the web and create a yahoo type group.
>> The options are endless.
>>
>>> Some newbie comes along looking for Jeep info, sees this crap and they
>>> move on, not only do they loose what should be a valuable resource but
>>> we miss the chance to meet them and see what they would have
>> contributed.
>>
>> If if "your" group is only used by "adults", only has 100% on topic
>> posts and such many people dont see what they're looking for and "move
>> on".
>> I use search engines to find specific ansers to specific questions.
>> Newsgroups are fun but they're really hit & miss for solid info.
>>
>>
>>> Killfiling doesn't solve the problem anyway. You killfile some idiot
>>> and then someone who isn't killfiled responds to them and you see it
>> anyway.
>>
>> So this is about controlling who has a voice.
>> Hmmm...since you're all about censorship you're better off with a
>> moderated NG or a yahoo type web forum where you can control
>> everything.
>>
>>
>>> One of the things that really hurt the Studebaker newsgroup was
>>> political discussions, this NG hasn't ever risen to that level, all we
>>> get here are the same few people blasting the same garbage at each
>> other.
>>
>> Thats human nature. People do that.
>>
>>> We are supposed to be adults here, it's too bad some of us can't act
>>> that way.
>>>
>>> Jeff DeWitt
>>>
>> Filter and set a good example?
>> Or create yer own little utopia...aka web forum.
>>
>> <shrugs>

Does using Usenet for 10 years come with privileges like top posting,
and who do I talk too?

 

On Sat, 11 Aug 2007 09:10:18 -0400, Jeff DeWitt <JeffDeWitt@nc.rr.com>
wrote:

>I've been using Usenet newsgroups for well over 10 years, I know how
>they work. When they work like they are supposed to it's a kind of
>cheerful anarchy. People got off topic, sometimes they get pissed and
>fuss at each other, and there are the damn spammers... all of those
>things are facts of life in Usenet.
>
>This childish, stupid idiocy that we see here, with a small handful of
>people going off on each other and with 10's or more posts, usually with
>the exactly the same copied and pasted garbage is something else
>again... at least the damn spammers are trying to make a dishonest buck,
>these guys haven't even risen to that level.
>
>Jeff DeWitt
>
>§ñühw¤£f wrote:
>> Jeff DeWitt <JeffDeWitt@nc.rr.com> pinched out a steaming pile
>> of<46bb9621$0$30612$4c368faf@roadrunner.com>:
>>
>>> §ñühw¤£f wrote:
>>>> Jeff DeWitt <JeffDeWitt@nc.rr.com> pinched out a steaming pile
>>>> of<46ba8e17$0$30669$4c368faf@roadrunner.com>:
>>>>
>>>>> And you know who you are, your stupid flame wars are drowning out
>> the
>>>>> good stuff in this newsgroup. Any newbie coming along is going to
>>>> take
>>>>> one look at your trash and move on.
>>>>>
>>>>> Jeff DeWitt
>>>>>
>>>> Learn to filter your newsfeeds?
>>>>
>>>> http://www.kibo.com/kibokill/
>>>>
>>>> HTH
>>>>
>>> I KNOW how to filter out posters, and am going to do just that, but it
>>> doesn't change the fact these childish idiots are royally screwing up
>>> this newsgroup.
>>>
>> The alt heirarchy isnt moderated.
>> If you want rec.autos.******-jeep.moderated, then you should go to
>> news.groups and ask one of the big 8 cabal to make it for you.
>> Or get the software, make it yourself and find a friendly newsserver to
>> host the group.
>> Or...set up your own server with passwords and auth info.
>> Or, migrate to the web and create a yahoo type group.
>> The options are endless.
>>
>>> Some newbie comes along looking for Jeep info, sees this crap and they
>>> move on, not only do they loose what should be a valuable resource but
>>> we miss the chance to meet them and see what they would have
>> contributed.
>>
>> If if "your" group is only used by "adults", only has 100% on topic
>> posts and such many people dont see what they're looking for and "move
>> on".
>> I use search engines to find specific ansers to specific questions.
>> Newsgroups are fun but they're really hit & miss for solid info.
>>
>>
>>> Killfiling doesn't solve the problem anyway. You killfile some idiot
>>> and then someone who isn't killfiled responds to them and you see it
>> anyway.
>>
>> So this is about controlling who has a voice.
>> Hmmm...since you're all about censorship you're better off with a
>> moderated NG or a yahoo type web forum where you can control
>> everything.
>>
>>
>>> One of the things that really hurt the Studebaker newsgroup was
>>> political discussions, this NG hasn't ever risen to that level, all we
>>> get here are the same few people blasting the same garbage at each
>> other.
>>
>> Thats human nature. People do that.
>>
>>> We are supposed to be adults here, it's too bad some of us can't act
>>> that way.
>>>
>>> Jeff DeWitt
>>>
>> Filter and set a good example?
>> Or create yer own little utopia...aka web forum.
>>
>> <shrugs>

Does using Usenet for 10 years come with privileges like top posting,
and who do I talk too?

 

On Sat, 11 Aug 2007 09:10:18 -0400, Jeff DeWitt <JeffDeWitt@nc.rr.com>
wrote:

>I've been using Usenet newsgroups for well over 10 years, I know how
>they work. When they work like they are supposed to it's a kind of
>cheerful anarchy. People got off topic, sometimes they get pissed and
>fuss at each other, and there are the damn spammers... all of those
>things are facts of life in Usenet.
>
>This childish, stupid idiocy that we see here, with a small handful of
>people going off on each other and with 10's or more posts, usually with
>the exactly the same copied and pasted garbage is something else
>again... at least the damn spammers are trying to make a dishonest buck,
>these guys haven't even risen to that level.
>
>Jeff DeWitt
>
>§ñühw¤£f wrote:
>> Jeff DeWitt <JeffDeWitt@nc.rr.com> pinched out a steaming pile
>> of<46bb9621$0$30612$4c368faf@roadrunner.com>:
>>
>>> §ñühw¤£f wrote:
>>>> Jeff DeWitt <JeffDeWitt@nc.rr.com> pinched out a steaming pile
>>>> of<46ba8e17$0$30669$4c368faf@roadrunner.com>:
>>>>
>>>>> And you know who you are, your stupid flame wars are drowning out
>> the
>>>>> good stuff in this newsgroup. Any newbie coming along is going to
>>>> take
>>>>> one look at your trash and move on.
>>>>>
>>>>> Jeff DeWitt
>>>>>
>>>> Learn to filter your newsfeeds?
>>>>
>>>> http://www.kibo.com/kibokill/
>>>>
>>>> HTH
>>>>
>>> I KNOW how to filter out posters, and am going to do just that, but it
>>> doesn't change the fact these childish idiots are royally screwing up
>>> this newsgroup.
>>>
>> The alt heirarchy isnt moderated.
>> If you want rec.autos.******-jeep.moderated, then you should go to
>> news.groups and ask one of the big 8 cabal to make it for you.
>> Or get the software, make it yourself and find a friendly newsserver to
>> host the group.
>> Or...set up your own server with passwords and auth info.
>> Or, migrate to the web and create a yahoo type group.
>> The options are endless.
>>
>>> Some newbie comes along looking for Jeep info, sees this crap and they
>>> move on, not only do they loose what should be a valuable resource but
>>> we miss the chance to meet them and see what they would have
>> contributed.
>>
>> If if "your" group is only used by "adults", only has 100% on topic
>> posts and such many people dont see what they're looking for and "move
>> on".
>> I use search engines to find specific ansers to specific questions.
>> Newsgroups are fun but they're really hit & miss for solid info.
>>
>>
>>> Killfiling doesn't solve the problem anyway. You killfile some idiot
>>> and then someone who isn't killfiled responds to them and you see it
>> anyway.
>>
>> So this is about controlling who has a voice.
>> Hmmm...since you're all about censorship you're better off with a
>> moderated NG or a yahoo type web forum where you can control
>> everything.
>>
>>
>>> One of the things that really hurt the Studebaker newsgroup was
>>> political discussions, this NG hasn't ever risen to that level, all we
>>> get here are the same few people blasting the same garbage at each
>> other.
>>
>> Thats human nature. People do that.
>>
>>> We are supposed to be adults here, it's too bad some of us can't act
>>> that way.
>>>
>>> Jeff DeWitt
>>>
>> Filter and set a good example?
>> Or create yer own little utopia...aka web forum.
>>
>> <shrugs>

Does using Usenet for 10 years come with privileges like top posting,
and who do I talk too?

 

Jeff DeWitt <JeffDeWitt@nc.rr.com> wrote in news:46bdb53a$0$31214
$4c368faf@roadrunner.com:

> I've been using Usenet newsgroups for well over 10 years[slap!]

You're still a top-poasting ----head.

--
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in dfw.*, alt.paranormal, alt.astrology and alt.astrology.metapsych.
COOSN-266-06-01895 - Supreme Holy Overlord of alt.----nozzles
Winner of the 8/2000 & 2/2003 HL&S award & July 2005 Hammer of Thor.
Winning Trainer - Barbara Woodhouse Memorial Dog Whistle - Dec. 2005
"Should I notify the police thaqt a gay stalker freak has been
stalking me for years on end? I don't know you, find something else
to do or get a boyfriend. Comprende?" - Ed the paranoid homophobe.

 

Jeff DeWitt <JeffDeWitt@nc.rr.com> wrote in news:46bdb53a$0$31214
$4c368faf@roadrunner.com:

> I've been using Usenet newsgroups for well over 10 years[slap!]

You're still a top-poasting ----head.

--
Cujo - The Official Overseer of Kooks and Trolls
in dfw.*, alt.paranormal, alt.astrology and alt.astrology.metapsych.
COOSN-266-06-01895 - Supreme Holy Overlord of alt.----nozzles
Winner of the 8/2000 & 2/2003 HL&S award & July 2005 Hammer of Thor.
Winning Trainer - Barbara Woodhouse Memorial Dog Whistle - Dec. 2005
"Should I notify the police thaqt a gay stalker freak has been
stalking me for years on end? I don't know you, find something else
to do or get a boyfriend. Comprende?" - Ed the paranoid homophobe.

 

Jeff DeWitt <JeffDeWitt@nc.rr.com> wrote in news:46bdb53a$0$31214
$4c368faf@roadrunner.com:

> I've been using Usenet newsgroups for well over 10 years[slap!]

You're still a top-poasting ----head.

--
Cujo - The Official Overseer of Kooks and Trolls
in dfw.*, alt.paranormal, alt.astrology and alt.astrology.metapsych.
COOSN-266-06-01895 - Supreme Holy Overlord of alt.----nozzles
Winner of the 8/2000 & 2/2003 HL&S award & July 2005 Hammer of Thor.
Winning Trainer - Barbara Woodhouse Memorial Dog Whistle - Dec. 2005
"Should I notify the police thaqt a gay stalker freak has been
stalking me for years on end? I don't know you, find something else
to do or get a boyfriend. Comprende?" - Ed the paranoid homophobe.

 

Jeff DeWitt <JeffDeWitt@nc.rr.com> wrote in news:46bdb53a$0$31214
$4c368faf@roadrunner.com:

> I've been using Usenet newsgroups for well over 10 years[slap!]

You're still a top-poasting ----head.

--
Cujo - The Official Overseer of Kooks and Trolls
in dfw.*, alt.paranormal, alt.astrology and alt.astrology.metapsych.
COOSN-266-06-01895 - Supreme Holy Overlord of alt.----nozzles
Winner of the 8/2000 & 2/2003 HL&S award & July 2005 Hammer of Thor.
Winning Trainer - Barbara Woodhouse Memorial Dog Whistle - Dec. 2005
"Should I notify the police thaqt a gay stalker freak has been
stalking me for years on end? I don't know you, find something else
to do or get a boyfriend. Comprende?" - Ed the paranoid homophobe.

 

§ñühw¤£f wrote:
n > Jeff DeWitt <JeffDeWitt@nc.rr.com> pinched out a steaming pile
os> of<46bdb53a$0$31214$4c368faf@roadrunner.com>:
i>
md>> I've been using Usenet newsgroups for well over 10 years, I know how
oe>> they work. When they work like they are supposed to it's a kind of
rp>> cheerful anarchy. People got off topic, sometimes they get pissed
eo>> and fuss at each other, and there are the damn spammers... all of
s>> those things are facts of life in Usenet.
dt>>
ii>> This childish, stupid idiocy that we see here, with a small handful
fn>> of people going off on each other and with 10's or more posts,
fg>> usually with the exactly the same copied and pasted garbage is
e >> something else again... at least the damn spammers are trying to
rI>> make a dishonest buck, these guys haven't even risen to that level.
e >>
ng>> Jeff DeWitt
tu>>
e>
ts> Funny stuff from a guy whos been using usenet for 10 years yet still
hs> top posts a response.
a.> <snicker>
n

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