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l, not -l wrote:
> > On 21-Jan-2008, Blinky the Shark > wrote: > >> > Perhaps the reason I haven't seen it (or don't recall seeing it) is, I >> > simply read message from a better class of NNTP users over the years - >> > those with constructive things to contribute. NO, wait, that can't >> > be it >> > - I just read the first post Google has for me. It was in a thread >> > whose >> > subject was Sky King and was a discussion of old TV shows - there was >> > just >> > as much off-topic discussion then as now; probably not as mean though. >> >> So I take it you're *offended* by this kind of horseplay? > > You are certainly free to take it anyway you like; however, you have > missed the point if that is what you got from my post. My point was, I > am not a newbie, I have been on usenet a long time, and I have > participated my share of off-topic conversations, but I've not seen much > "horseplay", as you call it - off-topic conversations, yes; spam, yes; > obvious trolling, yes. If you think I was offended, perhaps you missed > the tongue-in-cheek manner intended for the first sentence; "NO, wait, > that can't be..." was intended to signal that what preceeded was not > completely serious. I've pretty much interpreted your responses here - especially the one about something like "lower-class posters" - as whiny responses to having fallen for the setup instead of simply having a laugh like the others and moving on. > In the year or so prior to 1996, I used usenet at work, for very > specific work reasons, in technical newgroups where I never saw > "horseplay" or spam, and seldom saw off-topic conversations - just > people exchanging work-related information in a serious and sober > manner. When I later (1996 onward) begain personal use, I mostly used > the Pen&Pencils group and the food/drink/baking related groups; most of > which have been relatively lacking in "horseplay"; certainly there has > been grouchy/foul-mouthed respondents offered valuable info in their > "quaint" manner, trolling idiots come-and-go, killfiles take care of the > lunatics (MI5, etc), SPAM shows up but with somewhat tolerable frequency > when managed with good filtering, vicious attacks on individuals has > certainly increased, but "horseplay" - not so much (or, I didn't > recognize it as such). I hope you're not as stiff and humorless in real life as you are here. -- Blinky Killing all posts from Google Groups The Usenet Improvement Project: http://improve-usenet.org Blinky: http://blinkynet.net |
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