Re: Enough!

Rob Morley wrote:
On Thu, 2 Oct 2008 03:26:31 -0700 (PDT)
Myra in Cambridge <myra@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I agree 100%. It's getting pretty bloody bad when the personal attack
threads outnumber even the watch spam!

I see very little commercial spam, because my NSP filters it. I see
very little of the trolling because my news client filters it. Even if
your news client doesn't have advanced filtering capabilities you can
just killfile the protagonists without missing too much, although if
you're stuck with Google Groups there's not a lot you can do apart from
skipping threads that get stupid.
I also agree that the "troll fighers" are at least as responsible as
the "trolls" they are trying to fight against. If you just ignore
them, maybe they won't go away, but they sure as hell will post alot
less!

Is there any hope for uk.rec.cycling, or is a moderated forum the only
solution for people like me who want to talk about cycling, with all
its pains and glories, and not get overwhelmed by childish bickering?

In its raw state the group has a lot of tedious crap in it ATM, but
filtered it's still relevant and usable - a few contributors have made
"I've had enough, I'm off" type posts, but for the rest of us it really
is business as usual with ride reports, technical queries etc.
Moderated groups are fine for some purposes but just don't work as well
for the sort of discussion that goes on here.

It seems to me that NUXX has got himself into such a frenzy now that he'll lose all access through breach of service. Or am I just being optimistic? he couldn't go on forever could he?
Maybe the best thing we might be able to do is post more bike stuff, even if it just trivia.
Roger Thorpe
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