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From: Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com>
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Subject: Re: Can We Have a Troll Free August?
Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2024 17:15:07 -0700
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On 2024-08-02 17:09, *Hemidactylus* wrote:
> Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:
>> On 2024-08-02 16:40, *Hemidactylus* wrote:
>>> Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:
>>>> On 2024-07-31 06:42, John Hill wrote:
>>>>> On 31 Jul 2024 at 08:29:09 BST, "Alan" <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 2024-07-31 00:04, Chris wrote:
>>>>>>> Andrew <andrew@spam.net> wrote:
>>>>>>>> Jolly Roger wrote on 30 Jul 2024 21:44:51 GMT :
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> How about nobody (incl. JR and Alan, but a few others (and me)) not
>>>>>>>>>> reply at all to the trolls for the entire month of August.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Challenge accepted. I doubt much will change, but I'm in.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I'm in too. I won't respond to the Alan Baker or Alan Browne trolls.
>>>>>>>> Deal?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> But I still reserve the right to study Jolly Roger as he interests me.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Let's see how often you change nym to avoid people's killfiles.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I don't use killfiles.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If I don't want to reply to someone...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ...I just don't.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> :-)
>>>>>
>>>>> And even if I do, I think "Have I anything useful to say?". The answer is
>>>>> usually "No", and I hold my peace.
>>>>>
>>>>> So I'm in.
>>>>>
>>>>> Old John.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I hold my piece a lot too...
>>>>
>>>> ...but after decades of experience, I've learned it usually doesn't
>>>> change anything...
>>>>
>>>> ...so I figure I might as well have what fun I can get out of it.
>>>>
>>> I know you to be one of the better posters here. Replying to Arlen just
>>> adds to the crap though. And there’s way too much of that. Pretty much why
>>> I can’t be bothered to waste my time here any more as it is mostly Arlen
>>> jerking himself in public. Starve the trolls by siege.
>>>
>>
>> You cannot "starve" them.
>>
>> Show me a case where it as EVER worked.
>>
> Me failing to pay much attention to this troll infested hellhole has worked
> for me the past several months. I don’t think there has been a concerted
> effort to ignore Arlen and badgolferman. They get plenty of replies. They
> keep coming back.

Correlation is not causation.

> 
> I’ve been close to cutting my cord to usenet. There are better ways to
> spend time. Online venues where mutual respect exists and moderation when
> that fails. Arlen and his ilk wouldn’t last a day engaging people the way
> they do.

Agreed. But there are downsides to moderation inasmuch as most of them 
have too much power (see: Musk declaring "weird" too much while letting 
other posters use "ni__er".

> 
> If you prefer a shitshow instead so be it.
>