XPost: comp.sys.mac.advocacy, misc.phone.mobile.iphone   
   From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2023-09-08 10:46, You're Kidding wrote:   
   > On Sep 7, 2023 at 4:10:32 PM EDT, "Alan"  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 2023-09-06 12:51, Chris wrote:   
   >>> Alan  wrote:   
   >>>> On 2023-09-06 01:58, Jörg Lorenz wrote:   
   >>>>> Am 05.09.23 um 02:02 schrieb Jolly Roger:   
   >>>>>> On 2023-09-04, Wally J  wrote:   
   >>>>>>> Jolly Roger  wrote   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> Literally nobody in the Apple newsgroup has said "Apple fully patched   
   >>>>>>>> older releases".   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> Heh heh heh...   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Little Arlen can't back up his lies, so he giggles and slings schoolyard   
   >>>>>> insults instead. =   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> You seem to be the bigger Troll than Arlen.   
   >>>>> Why are you feeding this Troll and wasting our time?   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Have you ever seen "Don't feed the Troll" actually work?   
   >>>   
   >>> It very obviously does work otherwise Arlen wouldn't feel the need to   
   >>> nymshift quite so often. He claims it's for "privacy" but that's just   
   >>> bullshit.   
   >>   
   >> But that's my point:   
   >>   
   >> BECAUSE he shifts it cannot work.   
   >>   
   >> So I battle with him a different way:   
   >>   
   >> Ridicule.   
   >   
   > Actually you can. When you read a post that includes "iKook", talks about the   
   > weak iOS, disses users/supporters of Apple products, has cross posted posts   
   > involving iOS on Mac newsgroups, and mentions how they are so superior to   
   > other posters, you know it is Arlen. Even if it is sin't, you are better of   
   to   
   > ignore the poster. In my opinion, you are just as weak as they are, when you   
   > respond, He preys/thrives on users responding to his hyperbole, name calling,   
   > and reguritating the same crap over and over again. I started to read and   
   post   
   > in newsgroups, looking to help others or gaining insight through others   
   posts.   
   > Many of the news groups, outside of Advocacy where it is appropriate, have   
   > turned mostly into a battleground for Arlen and those who respond to him.   
   >   
   > I rarely read (maybe twice a month) the Mac, iPad, and iPhone related   
   > newsgroups anymore and when I do, I kill file any with Arlen content. Which   
   > could be a bad thing, as he might occasionally mention something worth while.   
   > It might be mixed somewhere in his posts, but I find his name calling and   
   > barfing the samething over and over again too much to wade through to find   
   > that small mention of something positive, that I might be able to use.   
   > Repeating his posts don't assist me either.   
      
   Hey... ...you're of course free to handle it in any way that suits you.   
      
   You claim your way can work, and I suppose you're correct, but it takes   
   constant effort on your part to make that happen.   
      
   I got tired long ago of constantly updating killfiles, so I handle it in   
   a way that suits me.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)