Re: Spam Free Alternatives to the Usenet Astronomy Groups
- From: "Chris.Bee" <chris.b@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2009 15:25:17 -0700 (PDT)
On Apr 8, 3:10 pm, ukastronomy <martin_piers_nichol...@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
PS I confidently predict that one or more people will complain about
this posting with a good chance that their message will say how useful
sci.astro.amateur is (providing you ignore 90% of what gets posted)
and/or telling us all that we should all be using filters.
I do have a complaint! Your link doesn't work. Do not ignore the
informality and humour found in all human activities, Martin. To wish
otherwise is to pine for the Moon. I suspect many are here for social
reasons. Or even to avoid the loneliness of isolation within the
milling crowds. Few are here to adhere to some unspoken discipline or
they would all be posting on-topic if only out of frustration at the
noise level. Loneliness is a modern scourge with the breakup of the
traditional extended family. No doubt others relish the chance to
practice the delicate art of textual expression from the comfort of
partial-anonymity. Or simply to enjoy the insider jokes or lunatic
ravings of the "regulars". An alternative, collective, derogatory term
for those who merely assemble around a flag of convenience. Somewhere
under the slowly, fading stars.
.
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