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JPB <news@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> Roy Culley wrote:
>
>> Roy Schestowitz's [News] posts have really rattled the COLA wintrolls.
>> The personal attacks against him have proved that.
>>
>> One argument used by some of the trolls is that so few of his posts
>> generate followups and hence nobody appreciates his articles to COLA.
>>
>
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>
>> Roy is providing a news service for those of us too lazy / have too
>> little time to subscribe to the multitude of resources available. Keep
>> up the good work Roy, it is most appreciated by me.
>>
>
> It's pretty good stuff to see meaningful traffic such as Roy generates
> coming into the group, and I often pick up on things I'd otherwise miss as
> a result.
>
> Many [News] posts don't generate followups, but it's obvious in a newsreader
> which ones do, and we've seen some great discussions build off one of the
> [News] posts - even if the previous 9 or 99 had no follow-up.
>
> Usenet is an open place, and people post what they will; deal with it. In
> the meantime, keep up the good work Roy, and what a delight it is to see
> all these great news stories swamping the win-trolls.
>
A very large number of "first posts" generate no follow-up; there's
nothing wrong in that. Roy S's are unusual in that they are all
on-topic, rather than troll-bait.
I appreciate that some people like to feed the trolls (kier, yttrx,
etc.), but they can do that if they want to, I see no reason to make it
easier for them.
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