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Re: Why does RAMJ+W attract so much OT Political spooge?
"Fred W." <Fred.Wills@allspam myrealbox.com> wrote in message news:P4CdnWOH6OXbUyrdRVn-ig@adelphia.com... > I monitor several other newsgroups, a few other auto related, and none of > them seem to attract all the cross posted crap that this one does. Why is > that? > > Are Jeep drivers / owners / enthisiasts somehow good targets for this > nonsense? Does this newsgroup not have a charter that excludes off topic > ranting such as this? > > I know I can set up filters and such, but I am just curious why it occurs. I disagree, the level of spam, crossposting, kooks, trolls, etc. is relatively light in this group. Many groups have a charter, it really doesn't make any difference. A host either tolerates Usenet abuse or it doesn't, they rarely care about the charter. |
Re: Why does RAMJ+W attract so much OT Political spooge?
"Fred W." <Fred.Wills@allspam myrealbox.com> wrote in message news:P4CdnWOH6OXbUyrdRVn-ig@adelphia.com... > I monitor several other newsgroups, a few other auto related, and none of > them seem to attract all the cross posted crap that this one does. Why is > that? > > Are Jeep drivers / owners / enthisiasts somehow good targets for this > nonsense? Does this newsgroup not have a charter that excludes off topic > ranting such as this? > > I know I can set up filters and such, but I am just curious why it occurs. I disagree, the level of spam, crossposting, kooks, trolls, etc. is relatively light in this group. Many groups have a charter, it really doesn't make any difference. A host either tolerates Usenet abuse or it doesn't, they rarely care about the charter. |
Re: Why does RAMJ+W attract so much OT Political spooge?
"Fred W." <Fred.Wills@allspam myrealbox.com> wrote in message news:P4CdnWOH6OXbUyrdRVn-ig@adelphia.com... > I monitor several other newsgroups, a few other auto related, and none of > them seem to attract all the cross posted crap that this one does. Why is > that? > > Are Jeep drivers / owners / enthisiasts somehow good targets for this > nonsense? Does this newsgroup not have a charter that excludes off topic > ranting such as this? > > I know I can set up filters and such, but I am just curious why it occurs. I disagree, the level of spam, crossposting, kooks, trolls, etc. is relatively light in this group. Many groups have a charter, it really doesn't make any difference. A host either tolerates Usenet abuse or it doesn't, they rarely care about the charter. |
Re: Why does RAMJ+W attract so much OT Political spooge?
Seriously, if you tour a good number of newsgroups, you'll see the name
'xomicron' as the poster who starts a good majority of it. Lloyd parker comes to mind... Nick "Fred W." <Fred.Wills@allspam myrealbox.com> wrote in message news:P4CdnWOH6OXbUyrdRVn-ig@adelphia.com... > I monitor several other newsgroups, a few other auto related, and none of > them seem to attract all the cross posted crap that this one does. Why is > that? > > Are Jeep drivers / owners / enthisiasts somehow good targets for this > nonsense? Does this newsgroup not have a charter that excludes off topic > ranting such as this? > > I know I can set up filters and such, but I am just curious why it occurs. > > -Fred W > > |
Re: Why does RAMJ+W attract so much OT Political spooge?
Seriously, if you tour a good number of newsgroups, you'll see the name
'xomicron' as the poster who starts a good majority of it. Lloyd parker comes to mind... Nick "Fred W." <Fred.Wills@allspam myrealbox.com> wrote in message news:P4CdnWOH6OXbUyrdRVn-ig@adelphia.com... > I monitor several other newsgroups, a few other auto related, and none of > them seem to attract all the cross posted crap that this one does. Why is > that? > > Are Jeep drivers / owners / enthisiasts somehow good targets for this > nonsense? Does this newsgroup not have a charter that excludes off topic > ranting such as this? > > I know I can set up filters and such, but I am just curious why it occurs. > > -Fred W > > |
Re: Why does RAMJ+W attract so much OT Political spooge?
Seriously, if you tour a good number of newsgroups, you'll see the name
'xomicron' as the poster who starts a good majority of it. Lloyd parker comes to mind... Nick "Fred W." <Fred.Wills@allspam myrealbox.com> wrote in message news:P4CdnWOH6OXbUyrdRVn-ig@adelphia.com... > I monitor several other newsgroups, a few other auto related, and none of > them seem to attract all the cross posted crap that this one does. Why is > that? > > Are Jeep drivers / owners / enthisiasts somehow good targets for this > nonsense? Does this newsgroup not have a charter that excludes off topic > ranting such as this? > > I know I can set up filters and such, but I am just curious why it occurs. > > -Fred W > > |
Re: Why does RAMJ+W attract so much OT Political spooge?
Seriously, if you tour a good number of newsgroups, you'll see the name
'xomicron' as the poster who starts a good majority of it. Lloyd parker comes to mind... Nick "Fred W." <Fred.Wills@allspam myrealbox.com> wrote in message news:P4CdnWOH6OXbUyrdRVn-ig@adelphia.com... > I monitor several other newsgroups, a few other auto related, and none of > them seem to attract all the cross posted crap that this one does. Why is > that? > > Are Jeep drivers / owners / enthisiasts somehow good targets for this > nonsense? Does this newsgroup not have a charter that excludes off topic > ranting such as this? > > I know I can set up filters and such, but I am just curious why it occurs. > > -Fred W > > |
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