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Surviving Usenet: A Guide for the Earnest Newcomer
Hehe, that was good. It had to be done.
"Gary Warner" wrote in message ... REC.BOATS SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES: If you've participated in Usenet but not in rec.boats before, you will find the experience both familiar and eerily disconcerting. As with most newsgroups, rec.boats has it's share of politics, off topic posts, personal attacks, and long running feuds. But there are some quirks about rec.boats that your previous newsgroup experiences may not have prepared you for. The Lie and The Obligation game: Many here often and pointedly accuse others of lying about the things they claim to own or to have done. Why one person would care in the least whether another person that they will in all likelihood never meet is telling the truth about their personal life is just one of the oddities that can be found here. Another is the bizarre notion that once a person is accused of lying about their life it somehow becomes that person's obligation to prove themselves. Another strange game played here, and my personal favorite, is the, off topic threads about off topic posts game. In most newsgroups it's not uncommon for someone's off topic post to be met with something like, "What does that have to do with this group?" But here in rec.boats this is taken to a new level by people that start entirely new threads just to point out that others are posting off topic. What it really amazing about these grumbling threads is that most of them are not themselves marked by their authors as off topic. One could, as you will soon notice, go on at great length about the curious nature of rec.boats, but it will probably be more enjoyable for you to discover these oddities yourself. B Before I end, I would be remiss if I didn't assure you that there is a wealth of valuable posts here. Whether your interest is in boats, politics, or simply observing people, rec.boats is all you could hope it would be....and maybe just a little more. [ Permission to reprint granted to anyone that isn't a Yankee's fan, No rights held by Major League Baseball. ] |