On Tue, 26 Sep 2006 12:05:34 +0200, Hadron Quark wrote:
> JPB <news@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
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>> Hadron Quark wrote:
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>>> JPB <news@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
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>>>> mwatters_newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
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>> <snip>
>>>>>
>>>>> It just seems to me that the people wanting to disrupt discussion here
>>>>> would disrupt everything anyway. (stuff labled news or not) So adding
>>>>> more for them to disrupt (posting numorous news stories) just makes the
>>>>> group have a lot more noise than actual discussion.
>>>>
>>>> Labelling it [News} is so that *you* can filter it if you want to reduce
>>>> the "clutter" from it.
>>>>
>>>> As for the trolls; the [News] is good for Linux advocates, it's like that
>>>> when the tide is coming in. That puts the trolls on a back foot, they've
>>>> either got to keep finding some way to spin these great stories
>>>> against us,
>>>
>>> But they dont because they filter them you fool.
>>
>> Who are you calling a fool, Mr Wintroll?
>
> You. The wintrolls filter Roy's spam. As do a lot of legitimate posters
> like myself. There's about 5 people who read it : the rest? Nope. Just
> check who replies to his nonsense.
There was virtually NOBODY replying to it in the beginning until people
brought up that fact and the offline emails started flying between Roy and
his shills.
Check Dragon's stats from a few months ago and compare the reply count to
the present.
>>
>>> The only people seeing
>>> them are the nuts and newcomers who get frightened and leave.
>>>
>>
>> Soaking up nuts like you is great, and gives us advocates a clear field of
>> fire to shoot you down. As for newcomers, it's an unmoderated newsgroup
>> which attracts trolling, what do you expect?
>
> newcomers as in "new people wanting to hear how good linux is".
Egads!!!!
Just take a look at the first page you get in google groups for
comp.os.linux.advocacy
All you see on any given day and hour is [news] and Roy.
People take one look and figure it's some kind of a spam group and leave.
> Wow the readings of wintroll paranoia are flying off the scale on this one ....
Yep.
Get out the tinfoil hats.
>>
>> If newcomers want specific assistance or information on making Linux work
>> for them, there are better places for that than
>> comp.os.linux.advocacy.
>
> True. But theoretically they should come here to get a warm fuzzy
> feeling that Linux will work for them : not called "retards" etc when
> they ask how certain things stack up against Windows.
When you bring in linux groups on the typical newsreader, alphabetically,
COLA is at or near the top.
If you look at activity, COLA blows all the rest away.
The average newcomer will take a look at COLA for the above reasons.
>> That'll be a No, though I do have some respect for Mark's posts, by and
>> large.
>
> That says an awful lot about you.
Yea.
Kent/Roy/Poaster it doesn't matter.
They are all empty suits.
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