From: dfreybur@yahoo.com   
      
   Jay Denebeim wrote:   
   >   
   > Sadly it appears that even trolls can't get the traffic up on usenet.   
   > Whoda thunk that they would outlive us all.  I guess they're like the   
   > cockroaches of the internet, after everyone else has left all that   
   > will remain are the trolls and the spammers.   
      
   It used to be said that if you don't respond to trolls they go away.   
   Observation showed that worked for the ones who are not psychopaths but   
   eventually the population included psychopaths who continued to post   
   ignored or not.  Ever since it's been a war of attrition by the   
   psychopaths against UseNet who gradually drove off their audience.   
      
   One by one groups lost critical mass and on topic traffic fell to   
   spammers and trollls.  Eventually even those went away seeking other   
   audiences.   
      
   But long term fans remain.  It was fun  that I logged into LinkedIn   
   today and it recommended you as a connection for me.  It listed Brad   
   K as our common contact.  Looks like they are mining other network   
   activity and noticed that I've been a regular on RASTB5.mod for years.   
      
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