"The Real Bev" wrote in message
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On 01/27/2016 11:52 AM, Jolly Roger wrote:
On 2016-01-27, The Real Bev wrote:
On 01/26/2016 06:11 AM, chris wrote:
On 22/01/2016 22:47, The Real Bev wrote:
This **** is why usenet has so few viable groups left. Do you really
want to kill this one too?

That's what killfiles are for. You never need to hear from the
trolls/idiots/flamers again.

Of course. It's also possible to just not look at things. But when the
overwhelming majority of posts are pure trash, reasonable people just
stop reading. I'm tougher than most, I don't give up easily, and I
know how useless taking a group moderated can be. If people would just
stop responding to the ****heads (clearly an impossibility, as history
shows) the problem would disappear; unfortunately, it's more likely
that the group disappears.

Of the groups into which this is x-posted, I only read
comp.mobile.android. I really hope that this crap doesn't kill that
group.

People have been trying and failing to kill Usenet for a long, long
time. I wouldn't worry about it.

The groups that I reallly liked and was involved with are all dead.
Perhaps people just find facebook easier to deal with. Or more pleasant.
Or something.

What has actually happened is that almost no one has even
heard of usenet, so inevitably it fades away as people die off
or stop using it.

Anyhow, you can thank "Jack Black", the
OP, for x-posting this to misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.mobile.android,
and alt.home.repair. He's a well-known troll in the Apple news groups
who has a habit of x-posting to these news groups and changing his nym
on a regular basis.

I suppose I should add an entry to the killfile, but it's just easier to
avoid a thread that has clearly turned to ****.