Re: Actions speaker louder than words

From	Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.misc
Subject	Re: Actions speaker louder than words
Date	2013-04-21 00:01 -0400
Organization	National Capital Freenet, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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On Sat, 20 Apr 2013, Keith Keller wrote:

> On 2013-04-20, David H. Lipman <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote:
>> From: "Chris F.A. Johnson" <cfajohnson@gmail.com>
>>
>>>   Have you ever thought that I wouldn't see it at all if you didn't
>>>   repost it?
>>
>> Except he didn't repost the spam, he countered it.
>
> What's the point in countering a spammer in a technical newsgroup?
>
Because there used to be an element of spam where regular readers would 
post off topic, and replying means you may deter future posters who think 
posting about movies is  okay in the newsgroup (because they've seen "the 
regulars" do it?)

It doesn't do a thing for most spam these days, the people are just 
posting and running.

And I am torn, because I have a good newsfeed, and so much of the spam 
that people complain about is never there.  So when someone replies, or 
does the odious google groups thing of posting a blank message with the 
subject header changed to "spam" (which may work at google, but doesn't 
here in the real world), the spam is often not here.  So the repliers 
become as obnoxious as the spam.   That doesn't mean I don't see some 
spam, but people using google often see more of it than I do, and seem 
more likely to react.

   Michael

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Dear Human !!!!!!!!!!!!!! BV BV <bv8bv8bv8@gmail.com> - 2013-04-20 12:14 -0700
  Actions speaker louder than words J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> - 2013-04-20 19:39 +0000
    Re: Actions speaker louder than words "Chris F.A. Johnson" <cfajohnson@gmail.com> - 2013-04-20 16:20 -0400
      Re: Actions speaker louder than words "David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> - 2013-04-20 17:03 -0400
        Re: Actions speaker louder than words Keith Keller <kkeller-usenet@wombat.san-francisco.ca.us> - 2013-04-20 19:31 -0700
          Re: Actions speaker louder than words Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2013-04-21 00:01 -0400

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