[SpamCop-List] Re: FYI

[Miss Betsy]

"David 1" <David1 at suescornerweb.com> wrote in message
news:crdgau$log$1 at news.spamcop.net...
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> & you just keep doing that for folks like me

The character of this news group has changed since I first came
here.  At that time the accepted method of getting rid of 'trolls'
was to harass them - which I always thought was not productive.
However, it was very distracting in .help and there were two or
three who started the 'Do Not Feed the Troll' with a link to what a
troll was for newcomers and it worked in chasing the troll out of
.help.

The only problem is that some people label as 'troll' anyone with a
different opinion.  A 'troll' is not arguing a different
perspective, but posts with the intent of starting a fight and
generally disintegrates quickly into an exchange of personalities -
sometimes the exchange can be hilarious, actually.  But it is
annoying to those who simply want to know what to do about spam.

For those who mechanically killfile, the troll will sometimes
change his user name so that they can't miss it.  Then it gets more
technical (like the cancelling of posts) until TPTB (the powers
that be) are called upon to do something.  Usually the troll makes
the mistake that TPTB can't ignore.  (Like spammers, they aren't
really very smart)

Miss Betsy