From: normdeplume@nolocale.com   
      
   §ñühwö£f wrote:   
   > 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.   
   >   
   >   
   >   
      
   Merely asserting my dominance.   
      
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