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Why do trolls keep attacking this newsgroup?
"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 -- Yours Zebedee (Claiming asylum in an attempt to escape paying his debts to Dougal and Florence) |
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Why do trolls keep attacking this newsgroup?
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. |
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Why do trolls keep attacking this newsgroup?
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. |
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Why do trolls keep attacking this newsgroup?
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 |
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Why do trolls keep attacking this newsgroup?
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 |
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Why do trolls keep attacking this newsgroup?
"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? -- Yours Zebedee (Claiming asylum in an attempt to escape paying his debts to Dougal and Florence) |
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Why do trolls keep attacking this newsgroup?
"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 |
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Why do trolls keep attacking this newsgroup?
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. -- http://www.chapelhillnoir.com home of The Camera-ist's Manifesto The Improved Links Pages are at http://www.chapelhillnoir.com/links/mlinks00.html A sample chapter from my novel "Haight-Ashbury" is at http://www.chapelhillnoir.com/writ/hait/hatitl.html "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? |
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Why do trolls keep attacking this newsgroup?
"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 |
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Why do trolls keep attacking this newsgroup?
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. -- David Dyer-Bennet, , http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/ RKBA: http://noguns-nomoney.com/ http://www.dd-b.net/carry/ Pics: http://dd-b.lighthunters.net/ http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/ Dragaera/Steven Brust: http://dragaera.info/ |
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