* Erik Funkenbusch peremptorily fired off this memo:
> On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 19:44:18 -0800, Tim Smith wrote:
>
>> In article <2111713.DDcZpa1o0v@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> Some people said that Microsoft did this to Slashdot where there were very
>>> many
>>> abusive messages posted. Not just racist and homophobic material, but links
>>> to
>>> gross images too. It drives visitors away and harms the message as a whole
>>> (poisons the well). Slashdot's traffic took a dive not because of the
>>> editors,
>>> who were hopeless.
>>
>> You aren't blaming goatse on Microsoft now, are you?
>
> It sure looks that way.
>
> It also means he has absolutely no idea how the geek mind works. Goatse
> was a meme, and techies love memes. And they love practical jokes, after
> all that's what the orinal "hacks" were.
>
> It's hard to believe that Roy could be that out of touch with his own
> 'community'.
Wow. Erik reduced to a me-too sock of Tim.
Roy is really having an effect!
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Where the willingness is great, the difficulties cannot be great.
-- Niccolo Machiavelli
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