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What the Hell????
On 08/07/2011 04:52, SMS wrote:
On 7/7/2011 12:34 AM, Steve O wrote: I've found another moderated forum which is also more relevant to where I live so I'll mostly be around there, but will keep an eye on this one. I've killfiled the sonovabitch, you would think it would help a little if everyone else did the same. Very few people have not done the same. These groups become quite readable with some judicious filtering of the problem posters. Yep- I've started to notice that- and it's getting better,and more informative |
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On 08/07/2011 04:07, Joy Beeson wrote:
On Thu, 07 Jul 2011 08:34:53 +0100, Steve wrote: I'll stick around, but it looks like this loon has more or less destroyed this newsgroup, Loons can't destroy newsgroups. It's the idiots who stroke and pet and encourage the loons -- the idiots who magnify the loon's disturbance beyond all belief -- who destroy newsgroups. Very true- the killfile is your friend Stolen from somewhere; provenance lost: Starguard's Guaranteed Fire Extinguisher A very wise Fidonet system operator once told me her "magic formula" for putting out flamewars. I have since posted it to two newsgroups and seen it praised by their administrators. And it's so SIMPLE.... Take the premise that chronic flamers have an ego problem. Consider what result they hope to achieve: to get people "going", to get a reaction. So! What to do? Follow this very simple plan: Ignore them. If you feel you absolutely MUST answer them, answer them only ONCE, no matter what else they reply with. (I don't care if you have to bite your lip, kick your desk, get up and run around the room...sit on your hands. Deny them the satisfaction!) If you DO break down and answer them: refuse to stoop to their level, no matter what the provocation. (Why should you allow them to drag you down to their childish level?!) (I might add that part of the genius of Starguard's Plan is that answering ONLY ONCE forces you to make a careful, well-reasoned rebuttal...try to hew to this part of the formula. She got her inspiration from a rule West Point gave up because it was TOO effective....) But most of all: IGNORE them. That's the worst torture of all to an egotist! And it WORKS. Of course. |
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On Jul 7, 8:52*pm, SMS wrote:
On 7/7/2011 12:34 AM, Steve O wrote: I've found another moderated forum which is also more relevant to where I live so I'll mostly be around there, but will keep an eye on this one.. I've killfiled the sonovabitch, you would think it would help a little if everyone else did the same. Very few people have not done the same. These groups become quite readable with some judicious filtering of the problem posters. Problem posters, for mountain bikers, are anyone who actually tells the truth, |
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