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Discouraging Tedious OT Postings
The number and length of some OT postings seem to be increasing to the
point that some members are contemplating a moderated site. This would be an unfortunate last step as many of the group have eclectic backgrounds and their post, although off topic, make for interesting reading. I think that those OT posts that involve propaganda and tedious arguments of insidious intent should be discouraged. The best way to do this is not to answer them in any way. Psychological theory states that a message that is never responded to will not continue. Sniping at them, no matter how clever, only rewards the message and leads to more of the same. I am beginning to think that some of the authors of these OT post are paid by some agency as part of some disinformation sceme: otherwise why don't they ply their trade on the political science or economics sites where they can meet the heavy hitters? Has anyone noticed similar text on other websites that would indicate an agitprop operation? |
Discouraging Tedious OT Postings
Ignoring them can also encourage them to dig in and be really aggravating :)
What would Dr. PHIL do LOL. All life all holiness come from you O Lord "ve3..." wrote in message oups.com... The number and length of some OT postings seem to be increasing to the point that some members are contemplating a moderated site. This would be an unfortunate last step as many of the group have eclectic backgrounds and their post, although off topic, make for interesting reading. I think that those OT posts that involve propaganda and tedious arguments of insidious intent should be discouraged. The best way to do this is not to answer them in any way. Psychological theory states that a message that is never responded to will not continue. Sniping at them, no matter how clever, only rewards the message and leads to more of the same. I am beginning to think that some of the authors of these OT post are paid by some agency as part of some disinformation sceme: otherwise why don't they ply their trade on the political science or economics sites where they can meet the heavy hitters? Has anyone noticed similar text on other websites that would indicate an agitprop operation? |
Discouraging Tedious OT Postings
On 9 Mar 2006 09:14:27 -0800, "ve3..." wrote:
The number and length of some OT postings seem to be increasing to the point that some members are contemplating a moderated site. This would be an unfortunate last step as many of the group have eclectic backgrounds and their post, although off topic, make for interesting reading. I think that those OT posts that involve propaganda and tedious arguments of insidious intent should be discouraged. The best way to do this is not to answer them in any way. Psychological theory states that a message that is never responded to will not continue. Sniping at them, no matter how clever, only rewards the message and leads to more of the same. I am beginning to think that some of the authors of these OT post are paid by some agency as part of some disinformation sceme: otherwise why don't they ply their trade on the political science or economics sites where they can meet the heavy hitters? Has anyone noticed similar text on other websites that would indicate an agitprop operation? We're at war! |
Discouraging Tedious OT Postings
David wrote: On 9 Mar 2006 09:14:27 -0800, "ve3..." wrote: The number and length of some OT postings seem to be increasing to the point that some members are contemplating a moderated site. This would be an unfortunate last step as many of the group have eclectic backgrounds and their post, although off topic, make for interesting reading. I think that those OT posts that involve propaganda and tedious arguments of insidious intent should be discouraged. The best way to do this is not to answer them in any way. Psychological theory states that a message that is never responded to will not continue. Sniping at them, no matter how clever, only rewards the message and leads to more of the same. I am beginning to think that some of the authors of these OT post are paid by some agency as part of some disinformation sceme: otherwise why don't they ply their trade on the political science or economics sites where they can meet the heavy hitters? Has anyone noticed similar text on other websites that would indicate an agitprop operation? We're at war! Rickets, you wouldn't know a war if it crawled up your mentally ill, drug addled ass and decided to spend the winter. In other words, you're a delusional, jaw flapping 'tard boy, who'd run to mommy the first time the 'war' came anywhere near you, because chances are, you'd be one of the first casualties (i.e. you're a useful idiot). dxAce Michigan USA |
Discouraging Tedious OT Postings
"Has anyone noticed similar text on other websites that would indicate an agitprop operation?" Wow...you see conspiracies everywhere.... The world must be kinda dark and scary to you. |
Discouraging Tedious OT Postings
"ve3..." wrote in message oups.com... The number and length of some OT postings seem to be increasing to the point that some members are contemplating a moderated site. There's plenty of them, go find one. |
Discouraging Tedious OT Postings
Faith Hill,Tim McGraw Blast 'Katrina' Cleanup. www.drudgereport.com
You just got to love those people. cuhulin |
Discouraging Tedious OT Postings
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Discouraging Tedious OT Postings
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"ve3..." wrote: The number and length of some OT postings seem to be increasing to the point that some members are contemplating a moderated site. This would be an unfortunate last step as many of the group have eclectic backgrounds and their post, although off topic, make for interesting reading. I think that those OT posts that involve propaganda and tedious arguments of insidious intent should be discouraged. The best way to do this is not to answer them in any way. Psychological theory states that a message that is never responded to will not continue. Sniping at them, no matter how clever, only rewards the message and leads to more of the same. I am beginning to think that some of the authors of these OT post are paid by some agency as part of some disinformation sceme: otherwise why don't they ply their trade on the political science or economics sites where they can meet the heavy hitters? Has anyone noticed similar text on other websites that would indicate an agitprop operation? If everyone ignored the nut jobs it would not matter if they kept posting here or stopped at some point. The nut jobs are not the problem. The problem is people responding to the nut jobs. Kill filing is the passive approach, which would be a complete solution if not for people responding to them. Complaining about them to their provider to get their accounts terminated is the aggressive approach. I would take the aggressive approach but the people that like to torment the nut jobs would complain that I took away their fun so I stick with the passive approach. I found a way to fine tune the kill file so I generally don't see the Troll OR responses to the Troll. If I toggle the filter off and respond to the Troll myself my own response along with anyone else will be killed when I toggle the filter back on. Works great for cleaning up the news group posts. 99% of the crap is automatically deleted. Only takes a few seconds to generate a filter for a new Troll. Then just re-filter the days posts so you only have to see them once and the rest of the crap goes away. Get a good news reader with flexible filters and you will be in good shape despite the nonsense in the news group. -- Telamon Ventura, California |
Discouraging Tedious OT Postings
"David" wrote in message ... On Thu, 9 Mar 2006 15:23:06 -0600, wrote: Faith Hill,Tim McGraw Blast 'Katrina' Cleanup. www.drudgereport.com You just got to love those people. cuhulin Unhinged Left Wing moonbats... Typical hollyweirdos. Figgures Coolio would like em. |
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