i just killed a topic that was a trolls delight. several people having a great flexing of their keyboards over who had the biggest hoo-ha or whatever, while successfully spamming multiple groups with their blather. folks, if you see a post that is cross posted to several groups and it doesn't seem to make sense, ignore the damn post and don't respond to it. by responding, you are being played for a patsy by the originating troll who isn't even posting in the thread, but sitting back revelling in making you and several others look stupid. don't fall for it, it's an old usenet trick. they enjoy getting people to rant and rave and it does no good. you won't prove anything but that you can make a bunch of useless posts to people you don't know and jam up newsgroups with garbage. it's a fools game, played by fools. don't fall for it. google: troll faq and do some reading on it. thank you. -- jam '73 R75/5 Toaster (not for sale) '99 R1100RT (in use) '00 FLHRCI (sold!) Iron Butt Assoc, WATR 3X, EIEIO, AEIOU etc blah blah
I am probably the world's worst at walking into these little "usenet" games.. Isn't it ludicrous that some have nothing better to do than to troll the usenet groups for the explicit purpose of creating these inane and stupid insults to integrity and behavior.. Like the man says, "welcome to usenet".. Makes you wonder if it is really worth the effort.. Your friend in Irving Bill Walker
you know it. and it gets worse in the winter months where these creatures are trapped in their caves with little else to do. i find it so tempting to light up on them at times, but taking a deep breath then eliminating the crossposts if a response is irresistable helps to keep it to a dogpile instead of a clusterf*ck. ... Like the man says, "welcome to eh, it is. ya get to meet interesting ppl (such as your own bad self, bill) you normally wouldn't run across in the daily existence, and that's pretty cool. on the whole, i like it and the weird parts just get ignored. -- jam '73 R75/5 Toaster (not for sale) '99 R1100RT (in use) '00 FLHRCI (sold!) Iron Butt Assoc, WATR 3X, EIEIO, AEIOU etc blah blah
