Cross posters

[cshenk]

I just Bozo-binned a bunch of cross posters. Please do not cross post
us to alt.home.repair.

If you think we don't stay on topic, I assure you they are 10 times
worse.

[Bruce]

On Mon, 03 Aug 2020 20:25:22 -0500, "cshenk" <csh...@cox.net> wrote:

>I just Bozo-binned a bunch of cross posters.

It's getting a bit full here. Maybe add a floor? I want some privacy.

>Please do not cross post us to alt.home.repair.

Sometimes even you don't understand what you write.

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

I'm with you on this. Strange post for sure. Have you seen any cross-
posting here? All I've seen is the Gmail dummies dragging up ancient
threads and replying like we've been on tenterhooks awaiting their
reply all these years.

[Bruce]

Sometimes cshenkie only talks because she wants to come across smart
and clued in. Those attempts have the opposite effect.

[Gary]

"itsjoan...@webtv.net" wrote:
>
> Have you seen any cross-posting here?

I have. There's been a few. The last one (and response)
was just 2 days ago.

[Dave Smith]

It's generally a safe bet that anything cross posted is going to be
something stupid. Some poor saps are desperate for attention.

[Loose Cannon]

That's who belongs in everyone's Bozo-bin.

[dsi1]

A lot of these cross-posting posts are race-baiting of the most heinous sort and are posted by hate groups, commie troll farms, law enforcement agencies, and good old fashioned nutcases. You complain about them being cross-posted and not staying on topic. That's like complaining that Hitler was mostly a poor dancer. That's goofy as hell.

[Sqwertz]

I have a filter that kills everything cross-posted to more than 2 groups. It
keeps my blood pressure down.

Looks like I also killfile anything cross-posted to alt.home.repair as well.
# Individuals who suck
[*]
!delete From "NEMO"
!delete From "William Holleeder"
!delete From "Pamela"
!delete From "Confusor"
!delete From "Hank Rogers"
!delete From {B??ce}
!delete From "sez"
!delete From "Boatwright"
!delete From "burdsman"
!delete From "miken man"
#!delete From "Julie Bove"
!delete From "Robert Wolfe"
!delete From "Katz"
!delete From "Booz"
!delete From "Citizen 14"
!delete From "Ubiquitous"
!delete From "anim8rfsk"
!delete From "coltwvu"
!delete From "Edmund"
!delete from "gregorymorrow"
!delete From "Oph"
!delete From "Roy"
!delete Subject "FAQ pointer"

# Most Google Groupers are idiots. Fuck them.
-1 message-id googlegroups

# Ignore threads started by certain people
!markread,ignore from Jeff-Relf -@subject:"Re:"
#!markread,ignore from "Andy <a@b.c>" -@subject:"Re:"

# Delete rampant crossposting and common crossposted troll groups
!delete Xpost %>2
!delete xref "knives" "guns" "scuba" "football" "travel" "acceptance"
"flonk" "aratzio"
!delete xref "uk.rec" "rec.sheds" "anon-server" "cyberchicken" "limbaugh"
"niggers"
!delete xref "alt.home.repair" "politics" "rush"

# Highlight my own posts and people who followup to them
!setcolor(blue;default),watch message-id sqwertz
!setcolor(blue;default) references sqwertz
+1 references sqwertz

# Anonymous remailers and other Evil news servers that host assholes.
!delete message-id ax.lt
!delete message-id mixmin.net
!delete message-id theremailer.net
!delete message-id dizum.com
!delete message-id cpunk.us
!delete message-id alt.net
!delete message-id travel.com
!delete message-id privacy.at
!delete message-id jpunix.com
!delete message-id nonsolonews.it
!delete message-id albasani.net
!delete message-id netfront.net
!delete message-id aioe.org
!delete message-id xsusenet.com
!delete message-id news.synserver.de
!delete message-id thundernews


-sw

[Bruce]

On Tue, 4 Aug 2020 15:31:03 -0500, Sqwertz <sqwe...@gmail.invalid>
wrote:

>On Mon, 03 Aug 2020 20:25:22 -0500, cshenk wrote:
>
>> I just Bozo-binned a bunch of cross posters. Please do not cross post
>> us to alt.home.repair.
>>
>> If you think we don't stay on topic, I assure you they are 10 times
>> worse.

># Highlight my own posts and people who followup to them
>!setcolor(blue;default),watch message-id sqwertz
>!setcolor(blue;default) references sqwertz
>+1 references sqwertz

This is the essential bit: a narcissist at work :)

[Hank Rogers]

Not really. Can you tell us more about hitler's dancing?

[Hank Rogers]

So, how many messages are left for you to read on a given day?

[Dave Smith]

There are lots of total fucking assholes who managed to get themselves
filtered in the groups that they most want to disrupt. If they want to
keep annoying that group they post to a number of groups. They count on
people in one group replying and not bothering to check for cross
posting. Then the idiocy they initially sent out gets included in the
reply and it goes out to all the cross posted groups. People in the
target group don't see the name of the OP in the header, so their posts
end up in that group.

My filtering for cross posted messages seems to be working fairly well.
It's not perfect, but it seems to get most of it.

[Bruce]

That's fantastic, Dave. A shame it's not perfect. Keep us posted.

[bruce2...@gmail.com]

That's sometimes when it gets too boring, though. To dredge-up unfinished business from the late 90's, etc...

[Hank Rogers]

<*SNIFF*>

[cshenk]

I'll work on filters this weekend to see if I can narrow in better. We
took a recent spate from a home repair group that I left because they
are largely spam and so seldom on topic to home repair that it was not
worth the trouble.

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

On Tuesday, August 4, 2020 at 7:24:15 PM UTC-5, cshenk wrote:
>
> We
> took a recent spate from a home repair group that I left because they
> are largely spam and so seldom on topic to home repair that it was not
> worth the trouble.
>

Alt.home.repair is just a garbage group now. It's everything but home
repair with the rare on-topic post.

[Pamela]

The only messages he sees in the group are his own. That makes him feel
important.

[Still Bud]

On Wed, 05 Aug 2020 18:38:29 +0100, Pamela <pamela...@gmail.com>
wrote:

>The only messages he sees in the group are his own. That makes him feel
>important.

Unfortunately, there ARE far too many children in this group
who can't control their impulses, and reply to his garbage.


NO way to filter THAT out.

[Bruce]

On Wed, 05 Aug 2020 16:00:09 -0700, Still Bud <clst...@gmail.com>
wrote:

It's bad tempered and narcissistic, but it's not garbage and it's on
topic.

[Sqwertz]

Sure there is, dumbass! I even make it easy for you lametards:

# Nobody here has the balls to do this:
!delete References sqwertz

Speaking of taking out the garbage the hypocrite generates:

!delete From "Still Bud" ## Whoever the fuck he is/was.

You're Welcome.

ObFood: How come nobody told me that Trader Joe's has New England
style hot dog/lobster roll buns?!?!?!?

https://i.postimg.cc/Z5BVJnHd/Lobster-Roll-Buns.jpg

-sw

[cshenk]

I noticed. No reply to my one topical post. It was swamped with OT
stuff.

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

On Wednesday, August 5, 2020 at 8:12:11 PM UTC-5, cshenk wrote:

>
> itsjoan...@webtv.net wrote:
>
> > Alt.home.repair is just a garbage group now. It's everything but home
> > repair with the rare on-topic post.
>
> I noticed. No reply to my one topical post. It was swamped with OT
> stuff.
>

Thankfully, the one or two off-topic repairs that I need help or an answer
to my questions are generously answered right here.

After Stormin Norman died it started going downhill soon.

[bruce2...@gmail.com]

Filters rarely work, anyway.

[Bruce]

On Thu, 6 Aug 2020 13:55:36 -0700 (PDT), bruce2...@gmail.com wrote:

>Filters rarely work, anyway.

Filters are for people who take themselves too seriously.

[Hank Rogers]

They work if you use the guidelines set down by squeurtz. He can
block out the entire world, like an ostrich with it's head in the sand.

[Hank Rogers]

Like dave, and Mcbiddy?

I guess you're right Druce.