OFF-TOPIC: ED-D Please Ignore
Ed-D
"A [Temporary] Dog" <amunged...@munged.see.sig> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 09 Jun 2002 11:43:03 GMT, "Ed-D" <Ed...@despammed.com> painted
> a red bull's eye on his forehead, ascended the altar of Fluffy and
> shouted:
>
> >
> >"A [Temporary] Dog" <amunged...@munged.see.sig> wrote in message
> >news:rmd6gucgj9alh8sl7...@4ax.com...
> >> On Sun, 09 Jun 2002 06:14:27 GMT, "Ed-D" <Ed...@despammed.com> painted
> >> a red bull's eye on his forehead, ascended the altar of Fluffy and
> >> shouted:
> >>
> >> >
> >> >"Josh Frankel" <jfra...@ix.nospam.netcom.com> wrote in message
> >> >news:adtn1p$due$1...@slb2.atl.mindspring.net...
> >> >> BTW, Ed-D, I noticed only after the fact that you'd cross-posted
your
> >> >> response to me to several other newsgroups, presumably in a lame
> >attempt
> >> >> to rally others to your feeble cause.
> >> >>
> >> >> A few points:
> >> >>
> >> >> 1) For someone who's as anal as you about posting netiquette, you
> >should
> >> >> be aware that proper netiquette dictates that you indicate when
> >> >> cross-posting.
> >> >>
> >> >> 2) Two of the other three groups you cross-posted to get virtually
no
> >> >> activity.
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> >Irrelevant. They're on-topic.
> >>
> >> No, actually they're not. Not in NANAU anyway, since what you are
> >> discussing is not abuse *of* the net.
> >
> >how else would you describe this?
>
> I would describe it as the normal state of an unmoderated alt group.
> As people form social bonds, their conversations naturally stray from
> the groups nominal topic. They come to like and trust one another and
> to value each others opinion on things not related to the original
> topic of the group.
So they should email each other privately then. The NG isn't for their
social bonds. Its a public forum. Seems you don't understand this either.
Then again, judging by the rest of your "logic" it seems you probably lack
basic motor skills as well.
> People didn't stop posting to soc.singles just
> because they got married and they're not going to stop posting to
> alt.sports.basketball.pro.ny-knicks just because they have temporarily
> run out of Knicks material.
Well right, I've become painfully aware of this. But it shouldn't be this
way.
>
> Since social pressure is the only means to keep an unmoderated alt
> group on topic, the group is whatever the participants choose to make
> it.
And its their responsibility to maintain a level of proximity to the topic
in question. Otherwise the group will disintegrate.
> As the group appears to be against you as to the degree of off
> topic posting desirable, I can only suggest that you ignore threads
> you don't like, post new, original, on topic material, and accept that
> you cannot control other participants in the group. If you do not
> accept this, expect to be ignored and flamed.
>
I prefer to be part of the solution, not part of the problem.
> Whatever you do, stop trolling other newsgroups for support or, as
> surely as night follows day, you'll attract a bunch of people with
> minimal interest in the Knicks, but great interest in flaming you and
> proving to you that they can post whatever the hell they want.
>
I'm not trolling groups for support. I'm just redirecting the thread to
more appropriate newsgroups.
> [snip]
>
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