Trolls

Jay Denebeim

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Oct 7, 2012, 12:33:24 PM10/7/12

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Sadly it appears that even trolls can't get the traffic up on usenet.
Whoda thunk that they would outlive us all. I guess they're like the
cockroaches of the internet, after everyone else has left all that
will remain are the trolls and the spammers.

Jay
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Captain Infinity

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Oct 7, 2012, 1:49:36 PM10/7/12

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Once Upon A Time,

Jay Denebeim wrote:

>Sadly it appears that even trolls can't get the traffic up on usenet.
>Whoda thunk that they would outlive us all. I guess they're like the
>cockroaches of the internet, after everyone else has left all that
>will remain are the trolls and the spammers.
>
>Jay

You're still here.

**
Captain Infinity
...and so am I

Andrew Swallow

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Oct 7, 2012, 6:38:01 PM10/7/12

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I am watching "The Classic Brit Awards 2012" awards ceremony on TV, it
is showing a collection of John Williams film music. Do the readers
think that Christopher Franke will get a similar lifetime achievement award?

Andrew Swallow

Captain Infinity

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Oct 7, 2012, 8:38:00 PM10/7/12

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Once Upon A Time,

Andrew Swallow wrote:

>I am watching "The Classic Brit Awards 2012" awards ceremony on TV, it
>is showing a collection of John Williams film music. Do the readers
>think that Christopher Franke will get a similar lifetime achievement award?

Nope.

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Captain Infinity

Doug Freyburger

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Oct 9, 2012, 12:29:09 PM10/9/12

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Jay Denebeim wrote:
>
> Sadly it appears that even trolls can't get the traffic up on usenet.
> Whoda thunk that they would outlive us all. I guess they're like the
> cockroaches of the internet, after everyone else has left all that
> will remain are the trolls and the spammers.

It used to be said that if you don't respond to trolls they go away.
Observation showed that worked for the ones who are not psychopaths but
eventually the population included psychopaths who continued to post
ignored or not. Ever since it's been a war of attrition by the
psychopaths against UseNet who gradually drove off their audience.

One by one groups lost critical mass and on topic traffic fell to
spammers and trollls. Eventually even those went away seeking other
audiences.

But long term fans remain. It was fun that I logged into LinkedIn
today and it recommended you as a connection for me. It listed Brad
K as our common contact. Looks like they are mining other network
activity and noticed that I've been a regular on RASTB5.mod for years.

Jay Denebeim

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Oct 16, 2012, 9:54:14 AM10/16/12

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In article <63g378tt7os8cbpg5...@4ax.com>,

Captain Infinity <Infi...@captaininfinity.us> wrote:
>Once Upon A Time,
>Jay Denebeim wrote:

>>Sadly it appears that even trolls can't get the traffic up on usenet.
>>Whoda thunk that they would outlive us all. I guess they're like the
>>cockroaches of the internet, after everyone else has left all that
>>will remain are the trolls and the spammers.

>You're still here.
>**
>Captain Infinity
> ...and so am I

I did say trolls didn't I? ;-) Whitchie just poked her head up on G+
so things seem to be coming around.