Holy Crap! Doesn't anyone talk photography here?

Just joined this newsgroup. Thought it would be of great value. But only 25%
of the posts are photography related.

Anyone know of any useful photog newsgroups?

I would go to yahoo groups and find one that you are interested in. Many
are moderated, and the signal to noise ratio is much better than here. For
instance, Minolta has a large membership (more than 3000), and is hugely
helpful and friendly, and the moderation is very light. Seems like this
newsgroup has greatly degenerated in the past year or so, to the point that
it is practically useless.

Mike

"lcseds" wrote in message
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Just joined this newsgroup. Thought it would be of great value. But only
25%
of the posts are photography related.

Anyone know of any useful photog newsgroups?

Kibo informs me that "lcseds" stated that:

Just joined this newsgroup. Thought it would be of great value. But only 25%
of the posts are photography related.

Yeah, we're having a bad day here with various trolls that are going
nutso. My advice is to try again in a few days or so.

Anyone know of any useful photog newsgroups?

rec.photo.moderated is free of this crap.

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Thanks Mike. I didn't think of Yahoo.


"Mike Lipphardt" wrote in message
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I would go to yahoo groups and find one that you are interested in. Many
are moderated, and the signal to noise ratio is much better than here. For
instance, Minolta has a large membership (more than 3000), and is hugely
helpful and friendly, and the moderation is very light. Seems like this
newsgroup has greatly degenerated in the past year or so, to the point
that
it is practically useless.

Mike

"lcseds" wrote in message
...
Just joined this newsgroup. Thought it would be of great value. But only
25%
of the posts are photography related.

Anyone know of any useful photog newsgroups?

"Lionel" wrote in message
...
Kibo informs me that "lcseds" stated that:

Just joined this newsgroup. Thought it would be of great value. But only
25%
of the posts are photography related.

Yeah, we're having a bad day here with various trolls that are going
nutso. My advice is to try again in a few days or so.

Anyone know of any useful photog newsgroups?

rec.photo.moderated is free of this crap.

rpm is also almost inactive. I haven't seen a post in two days. And the
robomoderator is kind of flaky in any case.

Mike

lcseds wrote:

Just joined this newsgroup. Thought it would be of great value. But only 25%
of the posts are photography related.

Anyone know of any useful photog newsgroups?

I do think that a moderated group might be the only good choice. Far too many
juvenile trolls on this group, including several that should just commit
suicide, though unfortunately they are too cowardly to do so. They know they
want to die, and think about it often, but they are not brave enough. They are
reading this message and evening thinking about suicide . . . no friends . . .
very little contact with others in person . . . no way to reach out other than
the computer . . . . . . . .

no friends . . .
very little contact with others in person . . . no way to reach out other
than
the computer . . . . . . . .

that's offensive to people who have "no friends... very little contact with
others in person . . " (gee, why am i in an empathic mood tonight)... I assure
you that there are plenty of introverts who are quite nice. In fact, the
majority of introverts i have known, though shy, were extremely nice; most of
the trouble i've personally had from people was from the beer-drinking
overly-extroverted type, you know, think fratboys.

Gordon Moat wrote:

I do think that a moderated group might be the only good choice. Far too many
juvenile trolls on this group, including several that should just commit
suicide, though unfortunately they are too cowardly to do so. They know they
want to die, and think about it often, but they are not brave enough. They are
reading this message and evening thinking about suicide . . . no friends . . .
very little contact with others in person . . . no way to reach out other than
the computer . . . . . . . .


Poor Alan Browne. I almost shed a tear for him just then.

But not quite.

;-)

Sabineellen wrote:

no friends . . .
very little contact with others in person . . . no way to reach out other
than
the computer . . . . . . . .

that's offensive to people who have "no friends... very little contact with
others in person . . " (gee, why am i in an empathic mood tonight)... I assure
you that there are plenty of introverts who are quite nice. In fact, the
majority of introverts i have known, though shy, were extremely nice; most of
the trouble i've personally had from people was from the beer-drinking
overly-extroverted type, you know, think fratboys.

No offence in your direction intended. The message is intended for the coward
trolls who spread racism and hatred in their statements. Slander of any ethnic
group spreads hatred, and I see it in far too many of their comments. These are
the sort of people who are just on the edge of physically harming others, and
they should be stopped before they do so.

TP wrote:

Gordon Moat wrote:

I do think that a moderated group might be the only good choice. Far too many
juvenile trolls on this group, including several that should just commit
suicide, though unfortunately they are too cowardly to do so. They know they
want to die, and think about it often, but they are not brave enough. They are
reading this message and evening thinking about suicide . . . no friends . . .
very little contact with others in person . . . no way to reach out other than
the computer . . . . . . . .

Poor Alan Browne. I almost shed a tear for him just then.

But not quite.

;-)

The message is intended for the coward trolls who spread racism and hatred in
their statements. Slander of any ethnic group spreads hatred, and I see it in far
too many of their comments. These are the sort of people who are just on the edge
of physically harming others, and they should be stopped before they do so.

Hatred of others is building greatly in many parts of the world. There is nothing
good that can come of this trend.