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From: will.dockery@gmail.com (W.Dockery)
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Subject: Re: The Return of Michael Monkey
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2025 21:45:12 +0000
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On Sun, 26 Jan 2025 20:10:44 +0000, HarryLime aka Green Monkey Pendragon
wrote:

> On Sun, 26 Jan 2025 2:59:51 +0000, George J. Dance wrote:
>
>> Hey, Will, do you remember when yuu formed the aapc facebook group? I'm
>> going to take a look myself, but I know if it's listed there.
>
>
> What's your point?
>
> We've still got rights on the "Official" name.  Will called his group
> the "Facebook Edition."

And created it at least a decade before your second hand knock off,
Green Monkey.

Hth and Hand.


> And, let's face it; Will's FB group is as devoid of active members as
> Usenet AAPC.
>
> The bulk of Usenet AAPC's members now use the Official AAPC page that I
> started.
>
> When are you going to understand that the reason for all of the
> bitterness and animosity at AAPC was Will Donkey?
>
> When you're part of a group, you have to take the wishes of *all* of the
> group's members into account.
>
> When members start complaining that Will is spam-posting the group 24/7,
> Will has to make a choice: 1) he can apologize, and cut back on the
> number of posts he makes, or, 2) he can say "If you're not interested in
> what I post, just skip and ignore."
>
> Will chose Door Number Two.  And AAPC regulars decided to skip and
> ignore Usenet AAPC entirely.
>
> This happened again and again over the course of 25 (give or take)
> years.
>
> Now you've got Usenet AAPC all to yourselves... and what have you
> accomplished with it?  You've racked up 25 years worth of members who've
> come to intensely dislike you.
>
> Of course, you've always got your blog to fall back on.  Since it isn't
> an interactive forum (AFAIK), you should be safe there.  .
>
> --