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Re: "help" vampires

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  Re: "help" vampires Leonid Shifrin <lshifr@gmail.com> - 2011-05-09 10:19 +0000

#2225 — Re: "help" vampires

Richard,

I am sorry, but this time you missed - the poster of the question that
prompted your reply has a good reputation on the group, and while the
question was simple, the post does not fall into any of the categories
discussed in the article you cite. I think that this time, your
criticism has been misplaced.

Cheers,
Leonid


On Sun, May 8, 2011 at 3:37 PM, Richard Fateman <fateman@cs.berkeley.edu>wrote:

> There is an interesting article, relevant to this newsgroup, on the
> topic of "help vampires".  http://slash7.com/2006/12/22/vampires/
>
> What are help vampires and how do help vampires damage mathgroup?
>
> One way is by asking a question that can be easily answered by looking
> at the manual.
>
> Twenty well-meaning individuals respond with more or less identical
> answers.
>
> And the vampire "thanks" everyone.
>
> Unknown numbers of individuals download/shuffle through the 22 messages.
>
> Draining the "life blood" of the newsgroup.
>
> In a moderated newsgroup, the moderator could either divert the question
> or divert the (extra) answers, I suppose. Or after a suitable warning,
> cutting off posting by that individual.
>
> Note that "help vampires"  are different from trolls or spammers.
>
> [Yes, Richard, this particular thread could have been shorter and I will
>  try to find a way to avoid this when needed.  I always debate with
>  myself on which posts I will not send out and especially if
>  the answers differ even slightly.  As always, I sugest that
>  readers use the newsgroup where they can avoid lots of emails -  Steve C
>  Moderator.]
>
>
> RJF
>

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