How to get the most from this NEWSGROUP - Moderator

How to get the most from this NEWSGROUP.

1) Give as much detail as you can. Take your time. The more
information
you give, the better advice regulars here will be able to give you.
Describe your problem as if you were telling it to Sherlock Holmes in
his
study. NEVER assume regulars are telepathic! All we know about you
and
your problem is what you tell us. You will NOT bore us
with details. Oh, and remember this newsgroup is an international
newsgroup so don't assume people telepathically know which country
you're
in.


2) Don't necessarily expect to receive answers with your first post.
Expect instead to receive questions. Answer these questions promptly
and
expect more in return. Once the regulars feel they have an adequate
understanding of your situation and problem, they then might feel they
can
offer you some useful advise.


3) Be active. After you post, check this newsgroup at least once a day
and
reply to all posts. Take the time to give detailed replies. Don't
rush
here either. Give as full of a reply as possible. The more you're
active
and the more in-depth your replies, the more regulars will participate
in
your thread and the more help you'll receive.


4) Keep it clean. The ones that are probably going to help you the
most
will be the professionals that frequent this newsgroup. Unless you'd
like
to be put into their kill-files, treat them with respect and don't
waste
their time. Many of these professionals regularly check this group
from
work during the little breaks in their workday. While more details are

better than too few, adding too much unrelated junk will only confuse
the
situation and reduce the usefulness, readability, and value of your
post.
Take a moment and streamline your replies. Reduce the header down to
just
who is saying which lines. Do NOT simply repost the entire message if
you're only referring to a part of it. Without distorting what they
wrote,
trim down what they said to just what you're replying to. Also, do NOT
top
post. Top posting forces people to scroll down then back up to your
reply.
Think logical progression of thought. Again, it will reduce the time
the
professionals need to spend reading your post thus more time they'll
have -
during their coffee break -- to reply to your post.


5) Return and let us know what happened. Title your post the same as
your
original one and add "[update]" at the end of the subject line. Again,
put
as much effort into it as you'd like regulars to give to their replies.

Tell what worked, what didn't, ups, downs, and surprises. Use this as
an
opportunity to ask further questions. Bless us with the pearls of
wisdom
you learned along the way. Also, remember this is a nice way to thank
those that helped you. Some regulars sometimes feel used and cheap
when
those they help never return to let them know what happened. They also

remember those that do and next time you have another problem, they'll
be
that much more willing to devote time and effort to help you when you
come
around again.


Lastly, remember that the advice you're getting here is worth exactly
what
you paid for it. While professionals do frequent this newsgroup, they
do
so at their leisure and their advice is informal. If you want better
advice, hire a professional.

Moderator

 

**** off.

**** RIGHT off.

You aren't wanted here.

By "here", I mean the planet Earth. Stop wasting my oxygen. Do the
rest of the human race a favour, and end your life by the most direct
means possible, with the least impact on the existence of other
people. Please just cease to exist. I can live with the possibility
of some degree of prior pain and suffering on your behalf; it's fairly
obvious you deserve it. Just go away and never inflict yourself on
another human being ever. Your existence is a burden on the species,
and (assuming the existence of a deity) a huge mistake on the part of
the hypothetical (and obviously extremely fallible) creator. Can I
make myself any clearer? Die, you motherfucker.

 

Moderate this, fuckhead...

 

Oh, your about to get plenty matey, don't you worry.

What a donkey.

 

So THAT is how Hank funds his habit!

 

As you cross posted to 5 newsgroups, which a Moderator would not do,
which newsgroup do you think you are Moderator of,
or is moderator just a nickname?

Ian Singer



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Very subtle trolling. Nice. I've never seen it done like that before.

 

Almost funny. Especially the bit about keeping it clean. You fucking
idiot.


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It's a troll, you idiot.

 

I was impressed, too. He got a lot of bites, as well.

 

That he did. Mind you, it was a bit unfair, as he'd x-posted to five
groups.

Saying that, most of the biters were from ukrm.

 

I think you are being far too polite to the pustulent excrescence.

Ali

 

And that's news, how?

 

Depends on what you mean by bite. I don't think *any* of the UKRM ones
were actually taking it seriously. There was critique and discussions o
style, but I don't think anyone actually took it seriously.


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And, it seems, a Merkin...

 

#6, don't mess with the "Sheriff", you might get some on you..
#7, never take advice from some cocksuker who claims to be a moderator.

 

What's that from? I remember something like it from, I think, Monty Python.

It's hell getting old. :-(

 

Actually it was straight out of my (then) alcohol-soaked brain,
although I may have unconsciously drawn upon other influences. It
seemed like a good idea at the time; perhaps in hindsight less so.

 

Well, you can consider it stolen now! =>]

Tim Kreitz
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2000 ZX6R
DoD #2184
http://www.timkreitz.com

 

Exactly. That's the most offensive thing about the post, IMO.