From: normdeplume@nolocale.com   
      
   §ñühwö£f wrote:   
   > thesaprophyte wrote:   
   >> §ñühwö£f wrote:   
   >>> thesaprophyte wrote:   
   >>>> Swipecat wrote:   
   >>>>> You probably don't know this since you're new here and seem to be   
   >>>>> posting to Usenet through WebTV, but Usenet is an ancient pre-web   
   >>>>> discussion system, distributed by a network of Internet servers.   
   >>>>> That means it's unmoderated, with no way to block deliberately   
   >>>>> disruptive posters,   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Yes and no. We still have a card up our fursuit sleeves. Stay tooned...   
   >>>>   
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   >>>> The Saprophyte   
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   >>> Sure: fire up the cancelbot and hope that all the peers recieving the   
   >>> control:cancel messages honor those...still...at this late day. Or   
   >>> (and I know this is a long shot and a bit of a stretch for people   
   >>> stuck in a terminal case of GROUPTHINK) you could man up, use a   
   >>> kilfile and have either the discipline or patience to wait until the   
   >>> "tr0llz" wander away, as they predictably will. ADHD & all that :)   
   >>>   
   >>> But hey! I'm not an actual "furry" but a WERE, and we see things a   
   >>> little differently. Now where the fuck is Wanderer?   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> A tool is no good if it isn't used. We have the means and brunt skulls   
   >> require blunt instruments, and since blunt skulls are involved, I   
   >> shall enslave them in the name of my cone heritage.   
   >>   
   >> I'll admit my patience has been worn thin from being on other groups   
   >> where we're not allowed to take the shot when it's sorely needed. Even   
   >> if I wouldn't have normally, suddenly not even having the option adds   
   >> a certain tension. The T-shirt definition of stress and all that.   
   >>   
   >> For a were though, you aren't exactly showing a lot of pack loyalty.   
   >>   
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   >> The Saprophyte   
   >> --   
   >   
   > Ok, I'll bite. Here's my take on the whole oddly territorial feelings   
   > the regs have for a newsgroup: its daft. Newsclients (most if not all)   
   > have filters built in so theres no need to read anything you dont want   
   > to :)   
      
   Under ordinary circumstances for ordinary dick posts and even most   
   random trollings, I actually agree with you. But, two things, first,   
   it's an unnecessary imposition and incredibly inefficient. Why should   
   hundreds of people in theory each have to go out of their way to make   
   those individual killfiles when one person with one action can do the   
   job for them? Second, There are precious few rules as it is but they're   
   still breaking them. I shouldn't have to put up with that or take my own   
   action in the first place. It's the principal of the thing.   
      
   > The sole attraction of web forums is the ability to moderate. This   
   > ability opens up the problem of Groupthink becoming the norm. For   
   > independent free-thinkers such as myself, that makes such forums quite   
   > unattractive.   
      
   It is kind of funny when you watch it. Back in the day, everyone here   
   was clambering for moderation. Now you see the mayhem ensuing on FA and   
   the like due to the the staff now it's "Moderation! Horrible, horrible   
   moderation!"   
      
   Sheep flock together. Wolves *work* together, but they   
   > also argue & fight.   
   >   
   >   
      
   You need to watch more Animal Planet. Rival packs do not just sit back   
   and ignore territorial incursions.   
      
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   The Saprophyte   
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