SteveB toquervilla@zionvistas wrote:
Not so many political posts. Am I making headway in the killfile
department, or are has the circus left town?

Steve

superb metalworking content.

Not so many political posts. Am I making headway in the killfile
department, or are has the circus left town?

Steve

SteveB wrote:

Not so many political posts. Am I making headway in the killfile
department, or are has the circus left town?

Steve


If they did, they left most of the clowns behind.


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On Dec 10, 2:13 am, "SteveB" toquervilla@zionvistas wrote:
Not so many political posts. Am I making headway in the killfile
department, or are has the circus left town?

Steve

I reckon its 2 things....

1. The American elections are over, so all except the nutters have
stopped, and
2.Theres been a change in format of the groups, you no longer get the
popular topics on the right hand side of the screen - so, less chance
of incendiary arcing up - (me included) - if a topic has LOTS of
posters, its inevitably political.

And the signal to noise ratio has increased, two good posts when I
logged in this morning - the "Dinker Die" and a tutorial on how to
apply silicone caulk. Thanks to the people who put them up, good
practical stuff.

Andrew VK3BFA.

On 2008-12-09, wrote:
On Dec 10, 2:13 am, "SteveB" toquervilla@zionvistas wrote:
Not so many political posts. Am I making headway in the killfile
department, or are has the circus left town?

Steve

I reckon its 2 things....

1. The American elections are over, so all except the nutters have
stopped, and

Yes!

2.Theres been a change in format of the groups, you no longer get the
popular topics on the right hand side of the screen

No. There may be a change in how it is presented to *you* and
others who use Google to access rec.crafts.metalworking -- but there has
been no change in the format of the articles as viewed with a dedicated
newsreader program.

That format which you see is an artifact of how Google choses to
convert the articles to present them to its users.

But Google is *not* usenet -- it is just one of a number of ways
to access usenet -- and far from the best way IMHO.

- so, less chance
of incendiary arcing up - (me included) - if a topic has LOTS of
posters, its inevitably political.

Lots of ways to filter that out with good newsreaders. I'm
currently seeing about 50% or less killed by my killfile.

Enjoy,
DoN.

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