From: cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net   
      
   In article <104s2a2$1nlra$1@dont-email.me>,   
   Stephen Hoffman   wrote:   
   >On 2025-07-10 12:00:31 +0000, Dan Cross said:   
   >   
   >> Most USENET newsgroups used to have an FAQ; it may be useful to restart   
   >> that for comp.os.vms (among others), perhaps with a section on   
   >> well-known trolls.   
   >   
   >Having some familiarity with the topic, I can assure you that a FAQ   
   >will get ignored. But if you want to post your own FAQ, by all means   
   >have at.   
   >   
   >For your concerns here, you can plonk the posters that are assisting   
   >with getting unwanted posters and postings past others' existing   
   >filters.   
   >   
   >And if your particular newsreader has more modern filtering   
   >capabilities, there can be other options.   
      
   Yup.  That was pretty much my point.   
      
   There are two cases:   
      
   1. People who are unfamiliar with the troll, and respond in good   
   faith, but do so out of ignorance.  An FAQ _may_ benefit those   
   peole.   
      
   2. People who insist on interacting with the troll for whatever   
   reason, despite repeated pleas that they stop doing that.  It is   
   clear that asking those people to "stop feeding the troll" is   
   futile, and for that, the only reasonable solution is bringing a   
   tool to bear so those parts of the topic tree get auto-plonked.   
      
   	- Dan C.   
      
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