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Subject: Re: stats 2024 Q1
Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2024 15:40:03 -0000 (UTC)
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Blueshirt <blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote at 10:12 this Tuesday (GMT):
> Grant Taylor wrote:
>
>> On 4/1/24 12:11, The Doctor wrote:
>> > How did I mangle it?
>> Something seems to be eating specific select white space.
>
> FWIW the stats are not mangled on my newsreader. (XanaNews)

Not mangled on mine either (slrn)

>> It's most predominant when the line is wrapped and continued
>> on the next line.  But it's also visible in the first four
>> characters of the unwrapped lines.
>> 
>> This is what I see in Thunderbird.  --  I can't rule out a
>> Thunderbird problem.
>
> Not seeing it here anyway so it's possibly the latter.
>
>> [Snip]
>> 
>> I also question the value of these messages.
>
> Some people might find them informative.  

I enjoy looking at them, and they're easy to ignore/filter locally if
you don't care.

>> I similarly question the value of the Usenet FAQ and the
>> monthly stats articles are far more numerous.  Sometimes they
>> are even repeated in the same newsgroup.
>
> Too often and the stats posts can get annoying, quarterly and
> yearly would suffice. But they don't seem to do any harm... and
> I'm sure there are stat nerds out there that like that sort of
> thing.
>
>> I've considered filtering them at my news server.  I just
>> haven't found sufficient round-2-its to do so yet.
>> 
>> These articles aren't discussions in and of themselves.  Just
>> about every reply I've seen to them has been more of a
>> complaint or discussion about the complaint.
>
> Easily skipped, ignored ... or filtered. 


maybe
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