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Motorcycle Forum / General / Motorcycles / April 2008What the HELL HAPPENED HERE!!!!
I have not read here for a while but wanted to join back in and the site has been completely and totally trashed. Geez......used to be a good group for info. Outta here. Fix it for God's sake. Winter > Outta here. Fix it for God's sake. Well losing another anonymous ankle biter is a good first step. Thanks for doing your part -- See Ya On The Road 2000 Yamaha Venture Millennium 2004 HD Road King > I have not read here for a while but wanted to join back in and the > site has been completely and totally trashed. Geez......used to be a > good group for info. Outta here. Fix it for God's sake. > > Winter We'll get right on that. Thanks for bringing it to our attention. Is he gone yet? What an a.shole. Like we control what gets posted. *shhhheeeeeeeeeesh* >I have not read here for a while but wanted to join back in and the >site has been completely and totally trashed. Geez......used to be a >good group for info. Outta here. Fix it for God's sake. > >Winter Anything you say, boss-man.  SignatureClick here every day to feed an animal that needs you today !!! www.theanimalrescuesite.com/ Paul ( pjm @ pobox . com ) - remove spaces to email me 'Some days, it's just not worth chewing through the restraints.' 'With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine.' HVAC/R program for Palm PDA's Free demo online at www.pmilligan.net/palm/ Free 'People finder' program now at www.pmilligan.net/finder.htm > I have not read here for a while but wanted to join back in and the > site This is not a "site." This is Usenet. Look it up. > has been completely and totally trashed. Geez......used to be a > good group for info. Outta here. Fix it for God's sake. Fix it yourself. I assume you are referring to all the friggin' spam that comes from Google Groups posters. Those of us using a news server and a real newsreader can filter you out. (which I did, but happened to see the replies) Signature-bts -Motorcycles defy gravity; cars just suck On Apr 26, 7:18 pm, "Beauregard T. Shagnasty" <a.nony.m...@example.invalid> wrote: > > I have not read here for a while but wanted to join back in and the > > site [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > -bts > -Motorcycles defy gravity; cars just suck actually there's a plugin you can use with firefox to gain newsreader capability ... have it on my work pc, can check it in a while if anyone cares >Fix it yourself. I assume you are referring to all the friggin' spam >that comes from Google Groups posters. Those of us using a news server >and a real newsreader can filter you out. (which I did, but happened to >see the replies) So, assuming I start filtering Googlers, who (of the regulars) does that eliminate besides Tim? SignatureTurby the Turbosurfer >> Fix it yourself. I assume you are referring to all the friggin' spam >> that comes from Google Groups posters. Those of us using a news [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > So, assuming I start filtering Googlers, who (of the regulars) does > that eliminate besides Tim? A few... you can always whitelist them. Signature-bts -Motorcycles defy gravity; cars just suck >>> Fix it yourself. I assume you are referring to all the friggin' spam >>> that comes from Google Groups posters. Those of us using a news [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > >A few... you can always whitelist them. unh yeah. When I don't see posts from some people, I know they're on Google. Actually, I was looking for a show of hands. SignatureTurby the Turbosurfer >>>> Fix it yourself. I assume you are referring to all the friggin' >>>> spam that comes from Google Groups posters. Those of us using a [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > unh yeah. When I don't see posts from some people, I know they're on > Google. Not sure how your reader handles scoring syntax, but in Dialog the following works just fine: !markread Message-ID googlegroups.com !markunread From "tomorrow@erols.com" !markunread From "Bob Nixon <bigrex2005@yahoo.com>" !markunread From "Rob Kleinschmidt <Rkleinsch1216128@aol.com>" !markunread From "Bruce Richmond <bsr3997@my-deja.com>" ...etc. > Actually, I was looking for a show of hands. <waves/> Signature-bts -Motorcycles defy gravity; cars just suck > So, assuming I start filtering Googlers, who (of the regulars) > does that eliminate besides Tim? I think Bob Nixon uses Google Groups, too. I had to remove the Google Groups ban from my newsreader 'cause I was missing his posts. I'm not sure if Xnews can "white list"; I'll have to check on that. -Keith > I have not read here for a while but wanted to join back in and the > site has been completely and totally trashed. Geez......used to be a > good group for info. Outta here. Fix it for God's sake. You can't mumbawumba in the banana patch. >> I have not read here for a while but wanted to join back in and the >> site has been completely and totally trashed. Geez......used to be a >> good group for info. Outta here. Fix it for God's sake. > >You can't mumbawumba in the banana patch. You can if you're careful, and not real particular. SignatureClick here every day to feed an animal that needs you today !!! www.theanimalrescuesite.com/ Paul ( pjm @ pobox . com ) - remove spaces to email me 'Some days, it's just not worth chewing through the restraints.' 'With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine.' HVAC/R program for Palm PDA's Free demo online at www.pmilligan.net/palm/ Free 'People finder' program now at www.pmilligan.net/finder.htm >I have not read here for a while but wanted to join back in and the > site has been completely and totally trashed. Geez......used to be a > good group for info. Outta here. Fix it for God's sake. > > Winter I apologize for the Hardley guys, just seems like they went wild and mucked up the works. In article <a6432c96-7dec-4c33-9685-94fe5b8107f7@x41g2000hsb.googlegroups.com>, > I have not read here for a while but wanted to join back in and the > site has been completely and totally trashed. Geez......used to be a > good group for info. Outta here. Fix it for God's sake. Well, if you're gone, does that mean you won't complain about it? Then why fix it? The only way really to fix this is to get some netcops to volunteer and start complaining to ISPs, particularly Google, about the spam. But people who do that job get called netcops, and nobody wants to be called a netcop. SignatureTimberwoof <me at timberwoof dot com> faq: http://www.timberwoof.com/motorcycle/faq.shtml Ten Steps to Fascism: http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,2064157,00.html > In article > <a6432c96-7dec-4c33-9685-94fe5b8107f7@x41g2000hsb.googlegroups.com>, [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > people who do that job get called netcops, and nobody wants to be called > a netcop. I'm probably speaking out of turn here, and this has probably already been done, but it really isn't that difficult if one is willing to deviate from the NNTP protocol and go with something database-based and web-based. In a web-based forum, for example, it is easy to engineer it so that users can vote on whether it is SPAM or otherwise inappropriate. If several users flag it, nobody else would see it. There are a lot of discussion forums with user policing. I think but am not sure that DailyKos uses a similar model. In effect, EVERYONE is a NetCop. If 100 people have viewed a post and 10 say it is inappropriate, then it probably is inappropriate. > If 100 people have viewed a post and 10 say it is inappropriate, then it > probably is inappropriate. Oh goody. So which 10% of the population do you want telling *you* what you're allowed to read? Mrs. Grundy lives. >> If 100 people have viewed a post and 10 say it is inappropriate, then it >> probably is inappropriate. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Mrs. Grundy lives. Given the database nature of it, it would be easy to allow devout civil libertarians to read all the SPAM that nobody else wants to read. It would be painless to give the user a choice about suppression. I installed vBulletin recently. Web-based bulletin board software is a miracle. > I installed vBulletin recently. Web-based bulletin board software is a > miracle. In my opinion web forums are totally sh.t. What I want is words, not pictures and a huge amount of extraneous garbage in signatures. If you want pictures you can include URLs in your usenet post which people can visit if they wish. If any of the web based forum software had decent text-only options I'd reconsider this opinion. Signature'01 SV650S '99 EX250-F13 '98 ZG1000-A13 OMF #7 > In my opinion web forums are totally sh.t. What I want is words, > not pictures and a huge amount of extraneous garbage in signatures. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > If any of the web based forum software had decent text-only > options I'd reconsider this opinion. Nothing to add... It just needed to be said again. SignatureRCOS #7 IBA# 11465 http://imagesdesavions.com ** Posted from http://www.teranews.com ** > In effect, EVERYONE is a NetCop. If 100 people have viewed a post and > 10 say it is inappropriate, then it probably is inappropriate. Ahh yes... The old "Minority Rules" theory of the modern liberal mindset... Great idea. SignatureRCOS #7 IBA# 11465 http://imagesdesavions.com ** Posted from http://www.teranews.com ** >> In effect, EVERYONE is a NetCop. If 100 people have viewed a post and >> 10 say it is inappropriate, then it probably is inappropriate. > > Ahh yes... The old "Minority Rules" theory of the modern liberal > mindset... Great idea. Amen, You don't like the topic, there's always the option of closing the thread on YOUR computer and moving on. If that don't satisfy you. too f.cking bad. It's a free world. For the most part. > Ahh yes... The old "Minority Rules" theory of the modern liberal > mindset... Great idea. "Liberal mindset"? If only! Fact is, both the left *and* the right want to impose their own moral agendas on the majority, who fervently wish that both extremes would simply go to hell and stop trying to legislate morality. > I have not read here for a while but wanted to join back in and the > site has been completely and totally trashed. Geez...... Try bursting into a biker bar IRL and delivering the same speech. In fact, make it Gatlinburg in mid-July. It would be interesting to see the results on YouTube. SQ > I have not read here for a while but wanted to join back in and the > site has been completely and totally trashed. Geez......used to be a > good group for info. Outta here. Fix it for God's sake. > > Winter <yawn> > I have not read here for a while but wanted to join back in and the > site has been completely and totally trashed. Geez......used to be a > good group for info. Outta here. Fix it for God's sake. I don't see the spam. Get a good newsreader and a good news server and stop yammering. SignatureBMW K1100LT Ducati 750SS Honda CB400F, SL125 & SH50 chateau dot murray at idnet dot com "What you're proposing to do will involve a lot of time and hassle for no tangible benefit." >I have not read here for a while but wanted to join back in and the >site has been completely and totally trashed. Geez......used to be a >good group for info. Outta here. Fix it for God's sake. Might sound counter-intuitive, but the large volume of spam is sort of an indicator of how well a newsgroup is doing. They tend to ignore the smaller, back-water groups with less traffic. > >I have not read here for a while but wanted to join back in and the > >site has been completely and totally trashed. Geez......used to be a [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > an indicator of how well a newsgroup is doing. They tend to ignore > the smaller, back-water groups with less traffic. They're spamming rmt, so this theory doesn't really hold water. SignatureBMW K1100LT Ducati 750SS Honda CB400F, SL125 & SH50 chateau dot murray at idnet dot com "What you're proposing to do will involve a lot of time and hassle for no tangible benefit." >> >I have not read here for a while but wanted to join back in and the >> >site has been completely and totally trashed. Geez......used to be a [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > >They're spamming rmt, so this theory doesn't really hold water. Yes, there will be exceptions, but Don's theory is mostly correct. Good examples can be had in the comp domain. The more general groups there with large volumes are getting spammed while the more specific groups with small volumes receive little or no spam at all. Signature======================================================================== Michael Kesti | "And like, one and one don't make | two, one and one make one." mrkesti at hotmail dot com | - The Who, Bargain >>> Might sound counter-intuitive, but the large volume of spam is sort of >>> an indicator of how well a newsgroup is doing. They tend to ignore [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > with large volumes are getting spammed while the more specific groups > with small volumes receive little or no spam at all. I've seen exactly the same thing. Apparently it doesn't pay to waste time spamming small groups. |
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