Why do trolls keep attacking this newsgroup?

"Jack" wrote in message
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With all the newsgroups out there, why do the trolls continue to attack
and harass this newsgroup? Is there some reason why they pick on this
NG? Do these people have nothing better to do with their time than to
annoy people genuinly interested in digital photography, when they could
occupy themselves by banging their empty heads against the nearest wall?

Do you mean the Sigma SD10 salesman?

I find it's easy to block sender him

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Yours

Zebedee

(Claiming asylum in an attempt
to escape paying his debts to
Dougal and Florence)

Jack wrote:

With all the newsgroups out there, why do the trolls continue to attack
and harass this newsgroup? Is there some reason why they pick on this
NG? Do these people have nothing better to do with their time than to
annoy people genuinly interested in digital photography, when they could
occupy themselves by banging their empty heads against the nearest wall?

This is a busy group. You don't think they would get much fun from one
where they are the only ones posting, do you? It is also a group where
people come for help, and trolls just LOVE to get in the way of people
who need help, and those who like to give it. It is in their nature to
disrupt, and confuse.

Zebedee wrote:

"Jack" wrote in message
...

With all the newsgroups out there, why do the trolls continue to attack
and harass this newsgroup? Is there some reason why they pick on this
NG? Do these people have nothing better to do with their time than to
annoy people genuinly interested in digital photography, when they could
occupy themselves by banging their empty heads against the nearest wall?


Do you mean the Sigma SD10 salesman?

I find it's easy to block sender him


Not so. He just uses several names similar to his own. Properly, he is
not a troll, just a person with an unfortunate obsession.

On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 12:33:22 -0600, Jack wrote:

With all the newsgroups out there, why do the trolls continue to attack
and harass this newsgroup? Is there some reason why they pick on this
NG?

Other than a specific poster or two this news group is little
different than most of the near 60 that I follow. No I don't read
every post. I only look for threads that might be interesting.
Actually with the exception of those particular posts most of the
other *stuff* shows up on most of those groups.

Do these people have nothing better to do with their time than to
annoy people genuinly interested in digital photography, when they could
occupy themselves by banging their empty heads against the nearest wall?

It's a social and psychological thing.
They thrive on attention and every thread like this they see as
encouragement.

Some keep proposing moderated groups again and again, but you only
need to follow rec.photo.moderated to see how successful that approach
can be. Most of the time they manage to keep the "Off Topic" stuff
out, except when the posters have posted directly to the server. That
and the group sees very little traffic even when it gets "seeded" with
questions designed to generate interest.

By far the best approach is to use kill files, and ignore them.
Unfortunately there are a number of posters on this group who are
unable to do that for one reason or another, which keeps encouraging
them.

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com

On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 12:33:22 -0600, Jack wrote:

With all the newsgroups out there, why do the trolls continue to attack
and harass this newsgroup? Is there some reason why they pick on this
NG?

Other than a specific poster or two this news group is little
different than most of the near 60 that I follow. No I don't read
every post. I only look for threads that might be interesting.
Actually with the exception of those particular posts most of the
other *stuff* shows up on most of those groups.

Do these people have nothing better to do with their time than to
annoy people genuinly interested in digital photography, when they could
occupy themselves by banging their empty heads against the nearest wall?

It's a social and psychological thing.
They thrive on attention and every thread like this they see as
encouragement.

Some keep proposing moderated groups again and again, but you only
need to follow rec.photo.moderated to see how successful that approach
can be. Most of the time they manage to keep the "Off Topic" stuff
out, except when the posters have posted directly to the server. That
and the group sees very little traffic even when it gets "seeded" with
questions designed to generate interest.

By far the best approach is to use kill files, and ignore them.
Unfortunately there are a number of posters on this group who are
unable to do that for one reason or another, which keeps encouraging
them.

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com

"Ron Hunter" wrote in message
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Do you mean the Sigma SD10 salesman?

I find it's easy to block sender him


Not so. He just uses several names similar to his own. Properly, he is
not a troll, just a person with an unfortunate obsession.

Oh. A bit like a paedophile then?


--
Yours

Zebedee

(Claiming asylum in an attempt
to escape paying his debts to
Dougal and Florence)

"Jack" wrote in message
...
With all the newsgroups out there, why do the trolls continue to attack
and harass this newsgroup? Is there some reason why they pick on this
NG? Do these people have nothing better to do with their time than to
annoy people genuinly interested in digital photography, when they could
occupy themselves by banging their empty heads against the nearest wall?


Probably because people keep responding instead of ignoring them or learning
how to use their news reader filters.

Mark

It ois mostly one rather pathetic person who literally has nothing better to
do. You just have to live with it as his obsession is not going away until
he dies.

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"Jack" wrote in message
...
With all the newsgroups out there, why do the trolls continue to attack
and harass this newsgroup? Is there some reason why they pick on this
NG? Do these people have nothing better to do with their time than to
annoy people genuinly interested in digital photography, when they could
occupy themselves by banging their empty heads against the nearest wall?

"Zebedee" writes:

"Ron Hunter" wrote in message
...
Do you mean the Sigma SD10 salesman?

I find it's easy to block sender him


Not so. He just uses several names similar to his own. Properly, he is
not a troll, just a person with an unfortunate obsession.

Oh. A bit like a paedophile then?

No, a Sigmaphile, who evidently bought his toy at Abes of Maine.

--
Michael Meissner
email:
http://www.the-meissners.org

Jack writes:

With all the newsgroups out there, why do the trolls continue to
attack and harass this newsgroup? Is there some reason why they pick
on this NG? Do these people have nothing better to do with their time
than to annoy people genuinly interested in digital photography, when
they could occupy themselves by banging their empty heads against the
nearest wall?

I find it going on at some level or other in every group I'm involved
in. (Maybe it's my fault? :-)). Mostly I hardly notice it; my
reading habits became pretty selective even 20 years ago, and the
trolls never manage to work up any positive scores in my ratings.
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