Re: Old geeks and thread drift

From	Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid>
Newsgroups	alt.unix.geeks, comp.os.linux.misc, alt.comp.os.windows-11
Subject	Re: Old geeks and thread drift
Date	2026-04-03 19:29 +0000
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c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> wrote:
> On 4/3/26 12:05, Mark Lloyd wrote:
> > [snip]
> > 
> >>    BTW, now we're 'complaining', *my* pet peeve is people quoting endless
> >> cumulative sections of previous text - often tens and tens to some
> >> hundred lines - without commenting on the text they quote and then
> >> adding only a few lines of new text.
> > 
> > Serious undersnippage, which I find much worse than top-posting.
> 
>    But if you DO trim then the OP will scream about
>    you undermining their "context", what they see as
>    relevant info  :-)

  Note that I was (mostly) complaining about *cumulative* quotes, often
many levels 'deep'.

  As to people screaming about snipping relevant info: Yes, that kind of
snipping happens and IME is often intentional and hence dishonest. A
dead giveaway is often that they don't mark what they snipped, resulting
in misrepresenation and lying by ommision.

  I always use snip marks ('[...]') and as you can see, Mark did the
same.

  Moral: One *can* behave responsibly and honestly on Usenet.

>    Sorry, no pleasing everyone.

  But one can please (the majority of) the Good Guys and Girls.

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Old geeks and thread drift Lars Poulsen <lars@beagle-ears.com> - 2026-04-03 05:31 -0700
  Re: Old geeks and thread drift c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-04-03 10:37 -0400
  Re: Old geeks and thread drift Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2026-04-03 14:45 +0000
    Re: Old geeks and thread drift Mark Lloyd <not.email@all.invalid> - 2026-04-03 16:05 +0000
      Re: Old geeks and thread drift c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-04-03 14:27 -0400
        Re: Old geeks and thread drift Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2026-04-03 19:29 +0000
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        Re: Old geeks and thread drift Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2026-04-04 14:10 +0000
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    Re: Old geeks and thread drift Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2026-04-05 12:26 +0000

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