From: snuhwolf@netscape.net   
      
   thesaprophyte wrote:   
   > §ñühwö£f wrote:   
   >> thesaprophyte wrote:   
   >>> §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...   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> --   
   >>>>>>> The Saprophyte   
   >>>>>>> --   
   >>>>>> 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.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> --   
   >>>>> 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.   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> Uh huh. So create your own walled garden and quit pissing & moaning   
   >> already. Protip: alt.config newgroup request for AFF-moderated.   
   >>   
   >   
   > If you've been keeping score, you know damn well why that won't work.   
   >   
   >   
   >   
   >>>> 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!"   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> I dont look at Fur Affinity. Again: its a web forum. Too many gen   
   >> X,Y,Zers who have never experienced a real hardship but are quite   
   >> satisfied to listen to themselves whine endlessly. I dont have time   
   >> for pussies.   
   >>   
   >   
   > Tonight on Geraldo, complaints and the complaining complainers who   
   > complain about them.   
   >   
   >>   
   >>> 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.   
   >>>   
   >> What part of "also argue & fight" did you not grok, cupcake?   
   >>   
   >>   
   >   
   > Sounds like one of those oddly territorial feelings to me. And it was   
   > pretty obvious from the context you were talking about internecine   
   > disputes. That said, I don't recall seeing you doing your turn guarding   
   > the den are bringing in a lot of meat.   
      
   Get off my leg, humpy.   
      
      
      
   --   
   http://howlingforjustice.wordpress.com   
   www.snuhwolf.9f.com|www.savewolves.org   
       _____  ____  ____ __ /\_/\ __      _ ______   _____   
      / __/ |/ / / / / // // . . \\ \ |\ | / __ \ \  \  __\   
     _\ \/    / /_/ / _  / \     / \ \| \| \ \_\ \ \__\  _\   
   /___/_/|_/\____/_//_/   \_@_/   \__|\__|\____/\____\_\   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)