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From: Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups: misc.phone.mobile.iphone
Subject: Re: Piece of shit iOS has absolutely zero privacy for God's sake
Date: 29 Nov 2024 18:33:38 GMT
Organization: People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates
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On 2024-11-29, Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> wrote:
> On 2024-11-27 15:00, Jolly Roger wrote:
>> On 2024-11-27, Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> So I tell myself at least once per week not to bother coming here
>>> ...  and one day (probably soon) I will heed my own advice.  And by
>>> "here" I mean usenet (I use about 6 NG's).
>> 
>> Same, because the signal to noise ratio here is substandard due to
>> the unchecked trolling activity. Look at the group's current activity
>> as an example.
>
> Well, hate to chide you, but you respond to them a lot (I do too -
> just not much) and that is their bread and butter.

Not lately, I haven't. Time to update your counter.

>>> Reddit is a vast area and it's hard to find "the right place" (I
>>> don't spend enough time on it, so hard to find "the right place").
>> 
>> You have some control over what shows up in your Home feed on Reddit.
>> So your place can look however you want in that respect. And there
>> are moderators (though that can cut both ways).
>
> Doesn't it always?  Stiff moderation can kill a groups as easily as
> trolls.

That's not what is happening on Reddit though. Moderation has its flaws,
but the most popular subreddits have moderators that deal with trolls
pretty efficiently overall, which is why those groups aren't constantly
disrupted by the like of Arlen. 

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JR