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Re: filtering Tramp
de »Q« 05/22/2006 01:36
"In_Parentheses" <quoder@demonstrand.um> wrote in
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> »Q« <boxcars@gmx.net> wrote in
> news:MrQ97CA9BA37248AitsmeitsQ@QsFQDN.dyndns.org:
>
> That's what you get when your thoughts run off with you; you're
> right I *do* contradict myself there; now let's see if we can get
> this straight: If, in all his posts, in the last week there were 5
> or so ad/spywares then it is much. Now I agree if you would say
> that these ere off-topic, however how about all the other posts
> that *were* on-topic..?
I'm not sure what you want me to say about the posts that are
actually freeware. If you find good freeware among his floods, it
might help to post followups identifying it as such, to help people
who avoid all of his suggestions because of the ad/spyware thrown in.
>> You've heard from plenty of "us folks" about that -- there are
>> several people who have pointed out that much of what he posts is
>> good freeware, and thanked him for it.
>
> Unfortunately "you folks" :p tend to go under in the complaints
> about his posting... BTW: "Folks" wasn't meant as an insult of any
> kind here... I hope you believe me in that!
I didn't take it as an insult -- I just put it in quotes because I
wasn't sure what folks you meant to refer to. AFAICR, only one person
has both thanked him for the freeware posts and also requested that he
stop posting the other stuff.
>>>> He's posted ad/spyware here for years, and he's recently said
>>>> that he does it intentionally (to annoy). If he's gone a week
>>>> without doing it, great.
>>>
>>> And so do others occassionally, do you want to 'fry' them as
>>> well?
>>
>> Fry? No. It's helpful to point out when something's spyware,
>> and that usually happens. I'm not sure why you'd want such
>> warnings to stop.
>
> By all means... not at all, but the impression I get is, that the
> reaction is a bit more beefed up when Tramp makes such as post as
> when, for instance, Q or IP make such a post...
The reaction is a bit stronger from some people because he does it
on purpose, with the stated intention to annoy. Along with his history
of morphing to avoid being ignored, this makes it hard to argue that he
hasn't been trolling.
>> You are not the only one reading the thread. Some, rather than
>> ironically complaining about complaints, my want to quit reading
>> it.
> Uhm... do I read in that last paragraph that I shouldn't have
> complained?? I sure hope not!!!
No, not that you shouldn't. But I do find it ironic that your
reaction to the complaint posts was to . . . make complaint posts
about them.
> no hard feelings, no curses, no kill file actions (at least not
> that I'm aware of <grin>)
Sure, no hard feelings.
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