hhmmm, this is interesting, he earlier said he read all the posts for years.
Lee


"Bob Muncie" > wrote in message
...
> KW wrote:
>> "Nonny" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> Long ago, I came across some newsgroup where folk would discuss and
>>> actually compete for trolls and insults in other newsgroups. I wonder if
>>> this jerk is one of them. As I recall, the people would enter a
>>> newsgroup with a legitimate comment or question and continue with it for
>>> several replies, seeing how many they could get. Gradually, they'd toss
>>> in a correction to one of the most respected members and add a slight
>>> insult. That'd draw a reply and they'd just keep upping the ante,
>>> competing to see how many others could drawn into the fray. Eventually,
>>> they'd report to their own newsgroup what they'd done and the members
>>> would visit the newsgroup that had been disrupted into a fray.
>>>
>>> I lost track of the name of the newsgroup, but wonder if this jerk is a
>>> participant. FWIW, I've seen several other similar type of escalating
>>> flame wars recently in some other newsgroups I follow that seem to be of
>>> this same pattern.
>>> --
>>> Nonny
>>>
>>> . . . on a darned diet
>>> and ready to chew off
>>> my own elbows.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Used to see that kind of scorekeeping activity on alt.flame &
>> alt.flame-wars way back in the day....
>>
>> KW
>>
>>
> KW - But you'd actually have to have read the postings, I have not, why
> bother?
>
> Bob