On 2/8/2017 11:03 AM, trader_4 wrote:
On Tuesday, January 31, 2017 at 11:18:26 AM UTC-5, DerbyDad03 wrote:
On Tuesday, January 31, 2017 at 10:39:51 AM UTC-5, jthread wrote:
I use Thunderbird. It appears using the "ignore thread" option actually
works better than the kf. Simply highlight the thread and type "k". Next
time you bring up ahr the thread is gone.

You are treating the symptom, not curing the decease.

The number of actual a.h.r related threads is such a nit compared to the political and other OT
stuff that simply chasing away threads with k's and kf's will be an exercise in futility. It won't
solve anything, it'll just mask the problem. At this point, there is barely enough on-topic material
to sustain the group.

Besides, even when an on-topic thread is started, it quickly devolves into a thread involving
politics/insults/blatant troll-based responses.

You might as well wave good-bye to a.h.r as we've known it.

I agree. Some people seem to think that just filtering out troll
posters solves the problem. At best, you're left with regulars here
communicating with each other. But when someone new comes along and
looks at the group, they will still see a whole bunch of troll OT threads
and most will just figure AHR is worthless and move on. Sadly
HomeMoanersHub may become the best place to view AHR. I don't know
what they filter there, etc, but it would be easy for them to filter
out the trolls, block them, so that newbies coming in don't see them.


Yeah, you have a point. That's why we need to keep posting threads like
this one for newbees.

And use a NG with filters.

IMHO: In Thunderbird it's best to only use the "k" function as opposed
to "kf" and ignore the intermittent troll posts. for now They may just
have to be plonked anyway.