Re: Allright, Roy, I retract my earlier statement. Please continue posting!

[Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

__/ [ JDS ] on Tuesday 18 July 2006 14:57 \__

> Noise? Maybe. Maybe not. But at least it is clear and obvious advocacy
> posting. I've been convinced/converted.
> 
> In any case, at least Roy seems to genuinely be interested in promoting
> Linux and providing information that promotes linux.  The only clear thing
> about this newsgroup is that the "advocacy" bit gets lost sometimes.
> 
> ANTS! Arrgh!

Thanks, Mate. If you look back at the COLA archives that predate 2005 (I have
been here since 2005), you'll see what it was like when the newsgroup got
filled with fake derogatory posts. One post which I recall very well is this
one:

http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.linux.advocacy/tree/browse_frm/thread/136f353404e7380f/bb14f598a199b7b2?rnum=1&q=wd+trolls&_done=%2Fgroup%2Fcomp.os.linux.advocacy%2Fbrowse_frm%2Fthread%2F136f353404e7380f%2Fb73dade7b68a42fb%3Fq%3Dwd+trolls%26lnk%3Dgst%26rnum%3D6%26#doc_bb14f598a199b7b2