Re: Stupid threads
On Mon, 16 Dec 2002, Mark Roberts wrote: > Yep, some of the smaller newsgroups can easily be ruined by a single person. > There is (was) a group called alt.culture.ny-upstate that sounded > interesting to me when I lived in upstate New York. Rendered utterly useless > by one (possibly two but I doubt it) individual posting under a variety of > names. It amazes me how easy it really is to bring down a newsgroup with a few well placed trolls... Or when the alt.fan.karl-maldens-nose crew decides to start a cascade through your group. -- http://www.infotainment.org <-> more fun than a poke in your eye. http://www.eighteenpercent.com<-> photography and portfolio.
Re: Stupid threads
gfen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Wed, 11 Dec 2002, William Robb wrote: >> Try alt.dogs.behavior sometime. They make us look positively >> lucid. > >Is it filled to the brim with crud from some guy named Jerry (I think?). I >used to read the APBT group for awhile, and he'd spew his nonsense and >respond to everything he could in order to push his training method. > >I eventually gave up. Yep, some of the smaller newsgroups can easily be ruined by a single person. There is (was) a group called alt.culture.ny-upstate that sounded interesting to me when I lived in upstate New York. Rendered utterly useless by one (possibly two but I doubt it) individual posting under a variety of names. -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com
Re: Stupid threads
On Wed, 11 Dec 2002, William Robb wrote: > Try alt.dogs.behavior sometime. They make us look positively > lucid. Is it filled to the brim with crud from some guy named Jerry (I think?). I used to read the APBT group for awhile, and he'd spew his nonsense and respond to everything he could in order to push his training method. I eventually gave up. -- http://www.infotainment.org <-> more fun than a poke in your eye. http://www.eighteenpercent.com<-> photography and portfolio.
