Re: pity about the nutters

From: Gluteus Maximus (legion_at_ceaserus.com)
Date: 08/14/04 

Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2004 20:51:45 +0100

On Fri, 13 Aug 2004 09:23:18 +0100, "Mary Fisher"
<mary.fisher@zetnet.co.uk> wrote:

>
><usenet@isbd.co.uk> wrote in message news:2o3bb4F6e797U1@uni-berlin.de...
>> Karen Woodward <Karen_Woodward@comcast.net> wrote:
>> > I know what you mean. I'm tempted myself to drop out for awhile. My
>> > 'Killfile' is so large I can't seem to keep up with all the name changes
>> > they keep using. Now I just look at the To: sci.agriculture.poultry
>line
>> > and if it's a message posted to multiple lists, then I know it needs to
>be
>> > added to the 'Killfile'. There are a few people who almost got blocked
>just
>> > because they couldn't resist a response....and sent the reply to all of
>> > those other newsgroups.
>> >
>> Isn't it just easier to ignore the obvious trolling threads than to
>> be for ever tuning your killfile?
>>
>> When I read news I just scan the subject list of threads with new postings
>> (I have my reader set so I only see new postings since I last visited)
>> and read just the ones that seem interesting. The junk/troll threads
>> rarely look interesting!
>
>And you can usuallly recognise them by their subject headings or names.

Some people just pretend to use filters. They crave the attention.

>The subject line: How much vitamin D for my layers?" from Chris Green is
>obviously a more likely genuine post than: "I sat on my ***" from Fanny by
>Gaslight.

Nowhere near as interesting though.

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